Natural hazards · Pattison

Pattison, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pattison comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2016. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pattison?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pattison to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding32%Drought21%Tornadoes18%Hurricanes13%Cold waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Pattison faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Pattison flood?

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

7paid claims since 2016

$297Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 5 claims, $178K
Spring severe storms: 2 claims, $120K

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. Pattison isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Waller County.

Disasters that hit Pattison

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PattisonDeclared for Waller County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

76 households applied for aid $110K aid approved

2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

51 households applied for aid $97K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

24 households applied for aid $32K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

75 households applied for aid $176K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

66 households applied for aid $427K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

17 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

Waller County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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. Pattison 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 Pattison’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pattison. 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.