Natural hazards · Meadows Place

Meadows Place, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meadows Place comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 36 claims here since 1983. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Meadows Place?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meadows Place to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Hurricanes11%Tornadoes11%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Meadows Place faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Meadows Place flood?

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

36paid claims since 1983

$302Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19832026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 11 claims, $142K
Hurricane Ike: 4 claims, $9K
Tropical Storm Allison: 2 claims, $4K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Meadows Place 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 Meadows Place

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Meadows PlaceDeclared for Fort Bend County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

448 households applied for aid $308K aid approved $81K to the City of Meadows Place for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

32 households applied for aid $18K aid approved $36K to the City of Meadows Place for repairs

2017

Hurricane Harvey

119 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $52K to the City of Meadows Place for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

38 households applied for aid $848 aid approved $37K to the City of Meadows Place for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

$7K to the City of Meadows Place for repairs

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

Around Meadows Place

Meadows Place and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Meadows Placemostly inland floodingVery high

Houstonmostly inland floodingVery high

Staffordmostly 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. Meadows Place covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Meadows Place’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Meadows Place. 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 Meadows Place total about $2.5M 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.