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Natural hazards · Palmhurst

Palmhurst, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Palmhurst comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Palmhurst?

68
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes44%Cold waves22%Inland flooding21%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Palmhurst faces

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

Hurricanes

44% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 23% 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 Palmhurst flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Palmhurst 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 Palmhurst

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PalmhurstDeclared for Hidalgo County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $18K aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

17 households applied for aid
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2010

Hurricane Alex

$7K to the City of Palmhurst for repairs
2008

Hurricane Dolly

35 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $18K to the City of Palmhurst for repairs
Hidalgo County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
Around Palmhurst

Palmhurst and the towns around it

Mission: High, mostly hurricanesLa Homa: High, mostly hurricanesMcAllen: High, mostly hurricanesWest Sharyland: High, mostly hurricanesPalmview: High, mostly hurricanesPalmview South: High, mostly hurricanesAbram: High, mostly hurricanesPalmhurst: High, mostly hurricanes PalmhurstMission
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Palmhurstmostly hurricanesHigh
Missionmostly 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. Palmhurst 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 Palmhurst’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Palmhurst. 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.

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