Natural hazards · Southside Place

Southside Place, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Southside Place comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 27 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Southside Place?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Southside Place to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Hurricanes14%Tornadoes8%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Southside Place faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Southside Place flood?

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

27paid claims since 1979

$847Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Allison: 14 claims, $594K
Hurricane Harvey: 5 claims, $159K
Spring severe storms: 2 claims, $38K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Harris County.

Disasters that hit Southside Place

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Southside PlaceDeclared for Harris County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

$57K to the City of Southside Place for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Harvey

$40K to the City of Southside Place for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

$14K to the City of Southside Place for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

$3K to the City of Southside Place for repairs

Harris County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

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. Southside Place covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Southside Place’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Southside Place. 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 Southside Place total about $2.1M 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.