Natural hazards · Eagle Pass

Eagle Pass, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eagle Pass comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 85 claims here since 1992. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eagle Pass?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eagle Pass to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Heat waves15%Tornadoes11%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Eagle Pass faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Eagle Pass flood?

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

85paid claims since 1992

$2.8Mpaid to owners

19homes flooded more than once

19922026

Biggest named events

2026-06-Arthur-TS: 1 claim, $96K

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. Eagle Pass isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Maverick County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

20flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Eagle Pass

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Eagle PassDeclared for Maverick County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1,034 households applied for aid $639K aid approved $7K to the City of Eagle Pass for repairs

2010

Hurricane Alex

54 households applied for aid $247K aid approved $171K to the City of Eagle Pass for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

548 households applied for aid $2.8M aid approved

1998

Tropical Storm Charley

$261K to the City of Eagle Pass for repairs

Maverick County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Eagle Pass

Eagle Pass and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Seco Minesmostly inland floodingVery low

Eagle Passmostly inland floodingVery low

Eidson Roadmostly inland floodingVery low

Fabricamostly inland floodingVery low

Chula Vistamostly inland floodingVery low

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. Eagle Pass covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eagle Pass’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eagle Pass. 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 Eagle Pass total about $6.8M 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.