Natural hazards · Robstown

Robstown, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Robstown comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 186 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Robstown?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Robstown to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes42%Inland flooding27%Cold waves13%Tornadoes7%Heat waves7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Robstown faces

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

Hurricanes

42% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Robstown flood?

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

186paid claims since 1979

$1.3Mpaid to owners

10homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Allen: 50 claims, $98K
Heavy rains: 6 claims, $41K
Torrential rain: 4 claims, $10K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nueces County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4buildings retrofitted against wind

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Robstown

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RobstownDeclared for Nueces County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

950 households applied for aid $919K aid approved $4K to the City of Robstown for repairs

2017

Hurricane Harvey

3,071 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved $448K to the City of Robstown for repairs

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1,473 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved $206K to the City of Robstown for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

$10K to the City of Robstown for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1,441 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

1,114 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved

1999

Hurricane Bret

$47K to the City of Robstown for repairs

1998

Tx-Flooding 10/18/98

$25K to the City of Robstown for repairs

Nueces County has had 28 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. Robstown covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Robstown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Robstown. 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 Robstown total about $5.4M 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.