Natural hazards · Mathis

Mathis, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mathis comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1980. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mathis?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mathis to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes39%Inland flooding23%Cold waves17%Tornadoes10%Heat waves6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Mathis faces

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

Hurricanes

39% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Mathis flood?

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

10paid claims since 1980

$90Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Torrential rain: 2 claims, $7K
Hurricane Allen: 1 claim, $8K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Mathis 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

9flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Mathis

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MathisDeclared for San Patricio County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

$13K to the City of Mathis for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

480 households applied for aid $397K aid approved $25K to the City of Mathis for repairs

2017

Hurricane Harvey

1,189 households applied for aid $388K aid approved $75K to the City of Mathis for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

187 households applied for aid $142K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Claudette

330 households applied for aid $363K aid approved $186K to the City of Mathis for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

121 households applied for aid $287K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Bret

$8K to the City of Mathis for repairs

1998

Tx-Flooding 10/18/98

$19K to the City of Mathis for repairs

San Patricio County has had 29 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. Mathis covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mathis’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mathis. 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 Mathis total about $1.8M 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.