Natural hazards · Pittsburg

Pittsburg, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pittsburg comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1983. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pittsburg?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pittsburg to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes44%Inland flooding15%Ice storms9%Cold waves8%Strong wind7%Hail7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Pittsburg faces

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

Tornadoes

44% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 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

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Pittsburg flood?

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

1paid claims since 1983

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

Disasters that hit Pittsburg

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PittsburgDeclared for Camp County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Camp County has had 11 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. Pittsburg covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pittsburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pittsburg. 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 Pittsburg total about $2.1M 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.