Natural hazards · Taylor Landing

Taylor Landing, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Taylor Landing comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2017. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Taylor Landing?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Taylor Landing to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding36%Hurricanes34%Tornadoes11%Wildfire8%Cold waves5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Taylor Landing faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Taylor Landing flood?

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

3paid claims since 2017

$36Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20172026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 2 claims, $25K
Tropical Storm Imelda: 1 claim, $11K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Taylor Landing

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Taylor LandingDeclared for Jefferson County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

1 household applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Harvey

9 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $103K to the City of Taylor Landing for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

2 households applied for aid $82K to the City of Taylor Landing for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

$7K to the City of Taylor Landing for repairs

Jefferson County has had 24 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. Taylor Landing 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 Taylor Landing’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Taylor Landing. 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.