Natural hazards · San Augustine

San Augustine, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in San Augustine comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2008. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is San Augustine?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in San Augustine to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding29%Strong wind26%Tornadoes18%Hurricanes10%Heat waves7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What San Augustine faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

26% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 93 years in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 San Augustine flood?

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

2paid claims since 2008

$80Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 1 claim, $30K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: San Augustine County.

Disasters that hit San Augustine

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into San AugustineDeclared for San Augustine County only

2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $61K aid approved $130K to the City of San Augustine for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

9 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $87K to the City of San Augustine for repairs

2017

Hurricane Harvey

4 households applied for aid $256K to the City of San Augustine for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

149 households applied for aid $59K aid approved $114K to the City of San Augustine for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

1,422 households applied for aid $867K aid approved $325K to the City of San Augustine for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$51K to the City of San Augustine for repairs

2001

Tx-Tropical Storm Allison-06-06-2001

$10K to the City of San Augustine for repairs

San Augustine County has had 19 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. San Augustine covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to San Augustine’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of San Augustine. 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 San Augustine total about $1.3M 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.