Natural hazards · Pecan Gap

Pecan Gap, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pecan Gap comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pecan Gap?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pecan Gap to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and tornadoes.

Drought28%Tornadoes23%Inland flooding21%Ice storms9%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Pecan Gap faces

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

Drought

28% of expected damage

Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Pecan Gap flood?

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

Disasters that hit Pecan Gap

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Pecan GapDeclared for Delta County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$5K to the City of Pecan Gap for repairs

Delta County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Pecan Gap 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 Pecan Gap’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pecan Gap. 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.