Natural hazards · Lakeside

Lakeside, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lakeside comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lakeside?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lakeside to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes32%Inland flooding30%Drought14%Cold waves12%Tornadoes6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Lakeside faces

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

Hurricanes

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 75 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce 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 Lakeside flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: San Patricio County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Lakeside

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LakesideDeclared for San Patricio County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

9 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

San Patricio County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Lakeside

Lakeside and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lakesidemostly hurricanesHigh

Edgewater Estatesmostly hurricanesHigh

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