Natural hazards · Rockport

Rockport, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rockport comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 626 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rockport?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockport to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes41%Inland flooding34%Cold waves9%Tornadoes7%Coastal flooding5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Rockport faces

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

Hurricanes

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Coastal flooding

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Rockport flood?

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

626paid claims since 1979

$14.8Mpaid to owners

47homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 171 claims, $7.2M
Hurricane Allen: 157 claims, $657K
June TS Alberto: 22 claims, $511K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (5) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Rockport is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Aransas County.

Disasters that hit Rockport

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RockportDeclared for Aransas County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

$59K to the City of Rockport for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

623 households applied for aid $204K aid approved $77K to the City of Rockport for repairs

2017

Hurricane Harvey

11,022 households applied for aid $24.5M aid approved $5.2M to the City of Rockport for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

$44K to the City of Rockport for repairs

2003

Hurricane Claudette

101 households applied for aid $235K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

394 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved

1999

Hurricane Bret

$21K to the City of Rockport for repairs

Aransas County has had 26 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. Rockport covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rockport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rockport. 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 Rockport total about $4.6M 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.