Natural hazards · Doolittle

Doolittle, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Doolittle comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Doolittle?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Doolittle to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes35%Cold waves28%Inland flooding24%Heat waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Doolittle faces

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

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Doolittle flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Doolittle.

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hidalgo County.

Disasters that hit Doolittle

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Hidalgo County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Doolittle itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into DoolittleDeclared for Hidalgo County only

Hidalgo County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Doolittle

Doolittle and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Doolittlemostly hurricanesHigh

Edinburgmostly hurricanesHigh

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. Doolittle covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Doolittle total about $2.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.