Natural hazards · Daisetta

Daisetta, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Daisetta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1996. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Daisetta?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Daisetta to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes26%Hurricanes21%Cold waves7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Daisetta faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Daisetta flood?

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

11paid claims since 1996

$618Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 8 claims, $563K
Tropical Storm Imelda: 1 claim, $19K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Liberty County.

Disasters that hit Daisetta

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DaisettaDeclared for Liberty County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

61 households applied for aid $47K aid approved

2024

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

13 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

20 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2019

Tropical Storm Imelda

25 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

122 households applied for aid $97K aid approved $5K to the City of Daisetta for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

250 households applied for aid $362K aid approved $57K to the City of Daisetta for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

505 households applied for aid $923K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2001

Tx-Tropical Storm Allison-06-06-2001

$2K to the City of Daisetta for repairs

Liberty County has had 31 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. Daisetta 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 Daisetta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Daisetta. 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.