Natural hazards · Progreso

Progreso, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Progreso comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2019. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Progreso?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Progreso to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves52%Inland flooding24%Hurricanes15%Drought6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Progreso faces

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

Cold waves

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 52 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Progreso flood?

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

2paid claims since 2019

$120Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20192026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Progreso 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 Progreso

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ProgresoDeclared for Hidalgo County only

2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

103 households applied for aid $652K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

8 households applied for aid

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

66 households applied for aid $107K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

76 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $44K to the City of Progreso for repairs

2010

Hurricane Alex

51 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Dolly

367 households applied for aid $329K aid approved $47K to the City of Progreso for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

383 households applied for aid $841K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Bret

$14K to the City of Progreso for repairs

Hidalgo County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Progreso 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 Progreso’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Progreso. 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.