Natural hazards · Falcon Mesa

Falcon Mesa, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Falcon Mesa comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Falcon Mesa?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Falcon Mesa to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves64%Inland flooding25%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Falcon Mesa faces

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

Cold waves

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Falcon Mesa flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Falcon Mesa.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Zapata County.

Disasters that hit Falcon Mesa

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Zapata County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Falcon Mesa itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Falcon MesaDeclared for Zapata County only

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

Around Falcon Mesa

Falcon Mesa and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Siesta Shoresmostly cold wavesLow

Falcon Lake Estatesmostly cold wavesLow

Falcon Mesamostly cold wavesVery low

Zapatamostly cold wavesVery 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. Falcon Mesa 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 Falcon Mesa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Falcon Mesa. 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.