Natural hazards · Sinton

Sinton, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 304 claims here since 1980. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sinton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sinton to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding45%Hurricanes27%Cold waves12%Tornadoes8%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Sinton faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce 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 Sinton flood?

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

304paid claims since 1980

$2.8Mpaid to owners

76homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Heavy rains: 2 claims, $6K
Early summer storms: 2 claims, $10K
Hurricane Allen: 1 claim, $2K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Sinton 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 Patricio County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Sinton

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SintonDeclared for San Patricio County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

386 households applied for aid $268K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

1,596 households applied for aid $613K aid approved $51K to the City of Sinton for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

71 households applied for aid $74K aid approved

2003

Hurricane Claudette

51 households applied for aid $38K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

249 households applied for aid $624K aid approved

1999

Hurricane Bret

$7K to the City of Sinton for repairs

1998

Tx-Flooding 10/18/98

$21K to the City of Sinton for repairs

San Patricio County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Sinton

Sinton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sintonmostly inland floodingVery high

Rancho Chicomostly inland floodingVery high

Morgan Farmmostly hurricanesHigh

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. Sinton 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 Sinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sinton. 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.