Natural hazards · Quintana

Quintana, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Quintana comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Quintana?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes39%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes16%Cold waves5%Heat waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Quintana faces

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

Hurricanes

39% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 48 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Quintana flood?

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

16paid claims since 1979

$172Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 8 claims, $100K
Hurricane Allen: 2 claims, $3K
Hurricane Claudette: 2 claims, $9K

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

Insurance rates: Brazoria County.

Disasters that hit Quintana

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QuintanaDeclared for Brazoria County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

6 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

19 households applied for aid $25K aid approved $258K to the Town of Quintana for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Claudette

10 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $20K to the Town of Quintana for repairs

Brazoria County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Quintana

Quintana and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Quintanamostly hurricanesModerate

Freeportmostly hurricanesLow

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