Natural hazards · Seco Mines

Seco Mines, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Seco Mines comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Seco Mines?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Seco Mines to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Heat waves14%Tornadoes12%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Seco Mines faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Seco Mines flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Seco Mines.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Maverick County.

Disasters that hit Seco Mines

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Seco Mines itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Seco Mines.

Brought FEMA money into Seco MinesDeclared for Maverick County only

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

Maverick County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Seco Mines

Seco Mines and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Seco Minesmostly inland floodingVery low

Eagle Passmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Seco Mines 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 Seco Mines’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Seco Mines. 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.