Natural hazards · Pineland

Pineland, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pineland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pineland?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pineland to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes14%Strong wind12%Hurricanes12%Heat waves7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Pineland faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Pineland flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Pineland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Sabine County.

Disasters that hit Pineland

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PinelandDeclared for Sabine County only

2024

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

54 households applied for aid $104K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

23 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

73 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $10K to the City of Pineland for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

94 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $4K to the City of Pineland for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

586 households applied for aid $440K aid approved $39K to the City of Pineland for repairs

Sabine County has had 20 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. Pineland 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 Pineland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pineland. 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.