Natural hazards · Driscoll

Driscoll, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Driscoll comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1980. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Driscoll?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Driscoll to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and drought.

Hurricanes33%Drought29%Inland flooding23%Cold waves9%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Driscoll faces

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

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

29% of expected damage

Recorded about 65 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Driscoll flood?

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

21paid claims since 1980

$155Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Allen: 7 claims, $62K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nueces County.

Disasters that hit Driscoll

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DriscollDeclared for Nueces County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

27 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

52 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $86K to the City of Driscoll for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

37 households applied for aid $94K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Bret

$13K to the City of Driscoll for repairs

1998

Tx-Flooding 10/18/98

$22K to the City of Driscoll for repairs

Nueces County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

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. Driscoll 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 Driscoll’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Driscoll. 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.