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Hargill, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hargill comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hargill?

69
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hargill to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.

Cold waves63%Inland flooding14%Hurricanes13%Drought8%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Hargill faces

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

Cold waves

63% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 67 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Hargill flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hargill 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.
Disasters that hit Hargill

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HargillDeclared for Hidalgo County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $70K aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

6 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $371 aid approved
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2010

Hurricane Alex

20 households applied for aid $60K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Dolly

111 households applied for aid $152K aid approved
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

55 households applied for aid $114K aid approved
Hidalgo County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
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. Hargill 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 Hargill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hargill. 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.

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