Natural hazards · Linn

Linn, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Linn comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Linn?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Linn to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hurricanes.

Cold waves63%Hurricanes20%Inland flooding7%Drought6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Linn 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 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 86 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 Linn flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Linn 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 Linn

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LinnDeclared for Hidalgo County only

2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2010

Hurricane Alex

1 household applied for aid

2008

Hurricane Dolly

17 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $5K 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. Linn 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 Linn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Linn. 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.