Natural hazards · Falfurrias

Falfurrias, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Falfurrias comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 144 claims here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Falfurrias?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Falfurrias to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.

Cold waves75%Inland flooding10%Hurricanes10%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Falfurrias faces

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

Cold waves

75% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years 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 Falfurrias flood?

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

144paid claims since 1978

$1.1Mpaid to owners

8homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Allen: 7 claims, $78K
Hurricane Dolly: 1 claim, $19K
Tropical Storm Paul: 1 claim, $9K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brooks County.

Disasters that hit Falfurrias

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FalfurriasDeclared for Brooks County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

178 households applied for aid $164K aid approved $24K to the City of Falfurrias for repairs

1999

Hurricane Bret

$65K to the City of Falfurrias for repairs

Brooks 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. Falfurrias covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Falfurrias’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Falfurrias. 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 Falfurrias total about $9.1M 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.