Natural hazards · Fulshear

Fulshear, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fulshear comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 claims here since 1983. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fulshear?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fulshear to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding65%Hurricanes18%Tornadoes10%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Fulshear faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Fulshear flood?

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

29paid claims since 1983

$1.3Mpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19832026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 7 claims, $761K
Spring severe storms: 3 claims, $106K
Heavy rains: 2 claims, $43K

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. Fulshear isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Fort Bend County.

Disasters that hit Fulshear

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FulshearDeclared for Fort Bend County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

1,923 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $243K to the City of Fulshear for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

212 households applied for aid $90K aid approved $58K to the City of Fulshear for repairs

2017

Hurricane Harvey

442 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved $200K to the City of Fulshear for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

44 households applied for aid $57K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

79 households applied for aid $55K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

15 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $61K aid approved

Fort Bend County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Fulshear

Fulshear and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Houstonmostly inland floodingVery high

Fulshearmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Fulshear covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fulshear’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fulshear. 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 Fulshear total about $6.2M 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.