Natural hazards · Mission

Mission, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mission comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 282 claims here since 1980. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mission?

68
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mission to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes46%Cold waves21%Inland flooding20%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Mission faces

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

Hurricanes

46% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Mission flood?

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

282paid claims since 1980
$8.5Mpaid to owners
39homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Hanna: 54 claims, $1.6M
  • Hurricane Allen: 8 claims, $22K
  • Hurricane Dolly: 3 claims, $17K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mission 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Mission

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MissionDeclared for Hidalgo County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

555 households applied for aid $1.7M aid approved
2024

Hurricane Beryl

$13K to the City of Mission for repairs
2021

Severe Winter Storms

516 households applied for aid $304K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

1,600 households applied for aid $3.9M aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

453 households applied for aid $319K aid approved $29K to the City of Mission for repairs
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

333 households applied for aid $92K aid approved
2010

Hurricane Alex

158 households applied for aid $134K aid approved $96K to the City of Mission for repairs
2008

Hurricane Dolly

1,203 households applied for aid $792K aid approved $221K to the City of Mission for repairs
2007

Hurricane Dean

$4K to the City of Mission for repairs
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

1,329 households applied for aid $2.3M aid approved
1999

Hurricane Bret

$8K to the City of Mission for repairs
Hidalgo County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
Around Mission

Mission and the towns around it

La Homa: High, mostly hurricanesMcAllen: High, mostly hurricanesWest Sharyland: High, mostly hurricanesPalmview: High, mostly hurricanesPalmview South: High, mostly hurricanesAbram: High, mostly hurricanesPalmhurst: High, mostly hurricanesEdinburg: High, mostly hurricanesPharr: High, mostly hurricanesGranjeno: Moderate, mostly hurricanesHidalgo: Moderate, mostly hurricanesAlton: High, mostly hurricanesDoffing: High, mostly hurricanesPerezville: High, mostly hurricanesPenitas: Moderate, mostly hurricanesMission: High, mostly hurricanes MissionLa HomaMcAllenWest SharylandPalmviewPalmview SouthAbramPalmhurst
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Palmview Southmostly hurricanesHigh
Missionmostly hurricanesHigh
Palmhurstmostly hurricanesHigh
La Homamostly hurricanesHigh
McAllenmostly hurricanesHigh
West Sharylandmostly hurricanesHigh
Palmviewmostly hurricanesHigh
Abrammostly 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. Mission covers 19 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mission’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mission. 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 Mission total about $23.4M 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.

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