Natural hazards · Edcouch

Edcouch, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edcouch comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 2008. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Edcouch?

70
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edcouch to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hurricanes.

Cold waves39%Hurricanes33%Inland flooding16%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Edcouch faces

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

Cold waves

39% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingLandslidesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Edcouch flood?

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

11paid claims since 2008
$223Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
20082026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Dolly: 2 claims, $93K
  • Hurricane Hanna: 2 claims, $22K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Edcouch 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 Edcouch

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdcouchDeclared for Hidalgo County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

209 households applied for aid $986K aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

88 households applied for aid $93K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

305 households applied for aid $518K aid approved
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

85 households applied for aid $36K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

279 households applied for aid $99K aid approved
2010

Hurricane Alex

172 households applied for aid $483K aid approved $6K to the City of Edcouch for repairs
2008

Hurricane Dolly

665 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved $27K to the City of Edcouch for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

328 households applied for aid $505K aid approved
1999

Hurricane Bret

$9K to the City of Edcouch for repairs
Hidalgo County has had 27 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. Edcouch 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 Edcouch’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Edcouch. 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.

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