Natural hazards · Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Santa Rosa comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 50 claims here since 1983. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Santa Rosa?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Santa Rosa to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes35%Inland flooding31%Cold waves23%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Santa Rosa faces

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

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Santa Rosa flood?

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

50paid claims since 1983
$1.4Mpaid to owners
8homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Dolly: 7 claims, $148K
  • Hurricane Hanna: 2 claims, $12K

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. Santa Rosa isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cameron County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Santa Rosa

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Santa RosaDeclared for Cameron County only
2025

Severe Storms and Flooding

250 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

22 households applied for aid $18K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

354 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

145 households applied for aid $89K aid approved
2015

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

15 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2010

Hurricane Alex

22 households applied for aid $54K aid approved $12K to the Town of Santa Rosa for repairs
2008

Hurricane Dolly

716 households applied for aid $1.5M aid approved
2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $43K aid approved
1999

Hurricane Bret

$2K to the Town of Santa Rosa for repairs
Cameron County has had 29 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. Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Santa Rosa. 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.

The door’s open

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Santa Rosa, TXView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map
Loading boundary…

Santa Rosa is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01