Natural hazards · Corrigan

Corrigan, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corrigan comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1989. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Corrigan?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corrigan to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes29%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes16%Cold waves12%Strong wind8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Corrigan faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Hurricanes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Corrigan flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Corrigan, from FEMA’s records.

4paid claims since 1989

$135Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19892026

Biggest named events

Early summer severe storms: 1 claim, $75K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Corrigan isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Polk County.

Disasters that hit Corrigan

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Corrigan itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Corrigan.

Brought FEMA money into CorriganDeclared for Polk County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

672 households applied for aid $743K aid approved

2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

270 households applied for aid $611K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

131 households applied for aid $44K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

144 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$54K to the Town of Corrigan for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

537 households applied for aid $195K aid approved $237K to the Town of Corrigan for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

1,256 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved $142K to the Town of Corrigan for repairs

Polk County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Corrigan is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Corrigan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Corrigan. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.