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Edinburg, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edinburg comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 349 claims here since 1979. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Edinburg?

67
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edinburg to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes49%Cold waves19%Inland flooding19%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Edinburg faces

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

Hurricanes

49% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Edinburg flood?

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

349paid claims since 1979
$5.7Mpaid to owners
39homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Allen: 120 claims, $639K
  • Hurricane Hanna: 67 claims, $2.5M
  • Hurricane Dolly: 29 claims, $433K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Edinburg 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built
1buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Edinburg

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdinburgDeclared for Hidalgo County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

1,012 households applied for aid $4.8M aid approved
2024

Hurricane Beryl

$24K to the City of Edinburg for repairs
2021

Severe Winter Storms

692 households applied for aid $362K aid approved $59K to the City of Edinburg for repairs
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

88 households applied for aid $30K aid approved
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

491 households applied for aid $266K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

147 households applied for aid $105K aid approved
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

2,173 households applied for aid $1.7M aid approved $634K to the City of Edinburg for repairs
2010

Hurricane Alex

747 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved $98K to the City of Edinburg for repairs
2008

Hurricane Dolly

3,888 households applied for aid $3.7M aid approved $969K to the City of Edinburg for repairs
2007

Hurricane Dean

$2K to the City of Edinburg for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

1,550 households applied for aid $3.0M aid approved
1999

Hurricane Bret

$16K to the City of Edinburg for repairs
Hidalgo County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
Around Edinburg

Edinburg and the towns around it

Murillo: High, mostly hurricanesCésar Chávez: High, mostly hurricanesDoolittle: High, mostly hurricanesMcAllen: High, mostly hurricanesLopezville: High, mostly hurricanesPharr: High, mostly hurricanesMission: High, mostly hurricanesGranjeno: Moderate, mostly hurricanesHidalgo: Moderate, mostly hurricanesAlton: High, mostly hurricanesSan Juan: High, mostly hurricanesEdinburg: High, mostly hurricanes EdinburgMurilloCésar ChávezDoolittleMcAllenLopezville
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Doolittlemostly hurricanesHigh
César Chávezmostly hurricanesHigh
Murillomostly hurricanesHigh
Edinburgmostly hurricanesHigh
McAllenmostly hurricanesHigh
Lopezvillemostly 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. Edinburg covers 15 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Edinburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Edinburg. 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 Edinburg total about $28.2M 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.

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