Natural hazards · Edna

Edna, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edna comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 132 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 Edna?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edna to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes51%Inland flooding27%Drought6%Cold waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Edna faces

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

Hurricanes

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 59 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years 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 Edna flood?

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

132paid claims since 1980

$2.1Mpaid to owners

13homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 5 claims, $144K
Tropical Storm Bill: 3 claims, $32K
Tropical Storm Beta: 2 claims, $27K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Edna

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdnaDeclared for Jackson County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

520 households applied for aid $438K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

119 households applied for aid $54K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

1,663 households applied for aid $488K aid approved $145K to the City of Edna for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

$13K to the City of Edna for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$9K to the City of Edna for repairs

2003

Hurricane Claudette

87 households applied for aid $60K aid approved $15K to the City of Edna for repairs

1998

Tx-Flooding 10/18/98

$1K to the City of Edna for repairs

Jackson County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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