Texas Disaster Risk

Natural disaster risk data for all 254 counties.

Avg FEMA Rating

Relatively Low

Avg Percentile

49th

Counties with Data

254

of 254 total

Highest Risk Counties

Harris County

Very High

100th percentile

Dallas County

Very High

100th percentile

Bexar County

Relatively High

99th percentile

Tarrant County

Relatively High

99th percentile

Hidalgo County

Relatively High

99th percentile

Lowest Risk Counties

Loving County

Very Low

0th percentile

King County

Very Low

0th percentile

Terrell County

Very Low

0th percentile

McMullen County

Very Low

1th percentile

Kent County

Very Low

1th percentile

All Texas Counties

County	Percentile	FEMA Rating	Flood	Wildfire	Tornado	Earthquake
Harris County	100th	Very High	100.0	85.4	100.0	92.1
Dallas County	100th	Very High	99.6	80.3	99.8	91.3
Bexar County	99th	Relatively High	99.7	92.4	99.9	61.9
Tarrant County	99th	Relatively High	99.1	91.5	99.9	88.3
Hidalgo County	99th	Relatively High	96.4	83.8	96.0	79.0
Collin County	99th	Relatively High	96.8	81.0	99.9	82.0
Travis County	98th	Relatively High	98.3	90.8	99.7	53.5
Fort Bend County	97th	Relatively High	97.6	80.1	99.2	61.8
Cameron County	97th	Relatively High	92.8	83.8	85.1	50.4
Denton County	97th	Relatively High	95.7	93.0	99.8	74.0
Nueces County	97th	Relatively High	93.3	74.0	96.1	46.1
Lubbock County	96th	Relatively High	92.1	86.2	98.8	60.4
Montgomery County	96th	Relatively High	95.6	79.3	99.4	66.0
Jefferson County	96th	Relatively High	91.3	92.4	98.5	66.3
El Paso County	95th	Relatively High	96.8	71.0	34.8	92.1
Galveston County	95th	Relatively High	93.6	84.9	96.9	56.4
Brazoria County	94th	Relatively Moderate	94.4	86.1	97.0	46.0
Comal County	93th	Relatively Moderate	96.6	89.3	93.2	17.5
Guadalupe County	92th	Relatively Moderate	95.6	75.0	92.2	20.6
McLennan County	91th	Relatively Moderate	88.9	90.0	98.8	64.3
Bell County	91th	Relatively Moderate	89.2	89.7	98.6	38.4
Hays County	91th	Relatively Moderate	93.2	87.9	96.1	25.8
Potter County	90th	Relatively Moderate	68.0	95.1	97.7	79.1
Williamson County	90th	Relatively Moderate	91.3	87.8	93.9	36.5
Webb County	89th	Relatively Moderate	91.0	63.8	76.9	44.2
Brazos County	88th	Relatively Moderate	82.8	58.4	96.7	41.8
Gregg County	87th	Relatively Moderate	76.8	62.9	97.9	61.8
Randall County	87th	Relatively Moderate	66.9	95.9	96.4	73.9
Johnson County	87th	Relatively Moderate	80.9	94.4	98.1	51.0
Jim Wells County	87th	Relatively Moderate	63.3	70.9	68.4	23.9
Victoria County	86th	Relatively Moderate	71.2	76.5	85.2	26.5
Orange County	86th	Relatively Moderate	80.2	89.4	89.2	45.6
Gonzales County	86th	Relatively Moderate	90.4	73.1	72.5	20.9
San Patricio County	85th	Relatively Moderate	73.8	64.2	80.1	22.6
Starr County	85th	Relatively Moderate	72.4	84.9	38.2	29.7
Henderson County	85th	Relatively Moderate	72.9	75.5	93.5	50.6
Kleberg County	84th	Relatively Moderate	55.3	66.6	49.5	19.1
Smith County	84th	Relatively Moderate	84.9	80.3	47.3	69.7
DeWitt County	84th	Relatively Moderate	89.2	67.6	70.7	21.3
Taylor County	84th	Relatively Moderate	82.8	89.7	73.9	38.5
Wharton County	83th	Relatively Moderate	69.8	53.0	72.4	26.2
Ector County	83th	Relatively Moderate	81.7	88.3	82.4	41.0
Hunt County	82th	Relatively Moderate	71.7	76.9	96.5	62.5
Wichita County	82th	Relatively Moderate	80.8	92.6	92.8	65.5
Parmer County	82th	Relatively Moderate	5.3	67.2	42.0	24.0
Ellis County	82th	Relatively Moderate	83.5	86.1	87.8	51.1
Midland County	81th	Relatively Moderate	80.5	93.1	91.4	37.4
Bastrop County	81th	Relatively Moderate	86.2	71.8	91.1	21.0
Parker County	81th	Relatively Moderate	72.4	96.2	96.2	41.4
Nacogdoches County	81th	Relatively Low	75.6	78.8	94.9	49.0
Matagorda County	80th	Relatively Low	68.0	73.7	59.7	20.4
Grayson County	80th	Relatively Low	79.5	86.0	92.9	66.7
Caldwell County	80th	Relatively Low	87.1	68.0	82.9	19.2
Lamar County	80th	Relatively Low	62.4	86.1	95.7	66.2
Liberty County	80th	Relatively Low	69.0	83.6	94.5	30.4
Bowie County	79th	Relatively Low	68.9	74.2	93.7	75.1
Lavaca County	79th	Relatively Low	85.8	37.2	54.1	15.5
Hale County	78th	Relatively Low	43.4	77.7	85.5	42.3
Harrison County	78th	Relatively Low	63.5	77.0	93.5	55.6
Willacy County	77th	Relatively Low	40.4	28.7	23.2	15.2
Tom Green County	77th	Relatively Low	76.7	93.1	73.7	30.5
Kerr County	77th	Relatively Low	85.2	84.4	78.9	16.4
Burnet County	77th	Relatively Low	82.3	88.9	84.8	15.3
Kaufman County	76th	Relatively Low	76.4	80.0	84.6	59.1
Val Verde County	76th	Relatively Low	87.3	85.0	41.1	22.2
Polk County	76th	Relatively Low	63.8	75.5	87.5	36.4
Wilson County	76th	Relatively Low	84.4	71.7	78.0	15.3
Navarro County	75th	Relatively Low	68.3	82.3	94.1	47.3
Erath County	75th	Relatively Low	72.1	95.5	82.8	26.1
Walker County	74th	Relatively Low	65.9	78.1	91.9	31.4
Anderson County	74th	Relatively Low	69.7	78.2	92.3	40.4
Cooke County	73th	Relatively Low	66.8	91.5	91.5	54.8
Hill County	73th	Relatively Low	45.9	82.2	89.8	30.8
Washington County	72th	Relatively Low	72.7	48.8	82.6	26.7
Angelina County	72th	Relatively Low	68.7	80.5	67.5	44.2
Jackson County	72th	Relatively Low	55.3	63.9	49.9	17.1
Hopkins County	71th	Relatively Low	58.0	65.6	92.0	45.3
Rockwall County	71th	Relatively Low	61.3	66.6	93.7	43.5
Hood County	71th	Relatively Low	61.9	91.3	92.1	30.3
Llano County	70th	Relatively Low	82.5	80.2	67.6	9.7
Waller County	70th	Relatively Low	65.6	70.7	90.2	28.5
Uvalde County	70th	Relatively Low	82.3	73.2	50.9	15.6
Hardin County	70th	Relatively Low	66.7	82.9	85.1	31.2
Medina County	69th	Relatively Low	77.2	85.2	60.9	14.9
Fannin County	68th	Relatively Low	36.5	70.1	87.3	46.8
Hutchinson County	68th	Relatively Low	21.4	94.9	78.3	36.9
Upshur County	67th	Relatively Low	58.9	77.3	92.0	39.6
Bandera County	67th	Relatively Low	79.3	86.7	65.0	9.5
Calhoun County	66th	Relatively Low	53.8	58.1	46.1	12.7
Kendall County	65th	Relatively Low	75.1	85.5	73.6	9.2
Brown County	65th	Relatively Low	73.0	86.2	70.5	17.0
Red River County	65th	Relatively Low	11.7	59.5	72.7	37.4
Maverick County	64th	Relatively Low	73.1	48.5	67.4	18.9
Coryell County	63th	Relatively Low	63.1	83.2	87.6	16.1
Wood County	63th	Relatively Low	59.3	73.2	39.7	45.8
Bee County	63th	Relatively Low	39.8	61.8	64.9	11.7
Colorado County	62th	Relatively Low	51.0	49.4	71.1	23.7
Moore County	62th	Relatively Low	9.6	89.2	75.4	39.3
Deaf Smith County	62th	Relatively Low	13.1	85.8	69.7	38.8
Cherokee County	62th	Relatively Low	59.2	77.8	69.5	38.0
Lamb County	61th	Relatively Low	18.6	85.8	58.7	28.6
Aransas County	61th	Relatively Low	67.8	61.8	58.6	8.6
Jasper County	61th	Relatively Low	55.0	83.0	68.3	33.7
Tyler County	61th	Relatively Low	59.1	85.9	70.6	29.6
Brooks County	61th	Relatively Low	18.0	60.1	20.7	6.1
Atascosa County	61th	Relatively Low	61.0	74.8	82.0	18.4
Houston County	61th	Relatively Low	40.0	77.8	63.7	30.7
Trinity County	61th	Relatively Low	40.3	70.0	63.4	29.1
Gray County	60th	Relatively Low	24.6	93.7	76.8	45.7
Limestone County	59th	Relatively Low	49.6	73.2	63.4	29.9
Wise County	59th	Relatively Low	60.0	93.7	75.9	39.7
San Jacinto County	59th	Relatively Low	61.0	68.4	90.0	20.1
Van Zandt County	59th	Relatively Low	53.6	69.1	77.8	44.6
Karnes County	58th	Relatively Low	63.8	59.2	61.3	11.7
Leon County	58th	Relatively Low	39.4	57.5	61.1	18.7
Milam County	58th	Relatively Low	51.7	65.6	81.7	23.9
Fayette County	58th	Relatively Low	64.8	49.7	70.8	22.1
Gillespie County	58th	Relatively Low	68.1	84.0	70.2	12.0
Gaines County	58th	Relatively Low	30.4	93.4	43.5	19.9
Grimes County	57th	Relatively Low	35.3	59.4	76.0	19.5
Freestone County	57th	Relatively Low	47.0	70.1	73.1	29.8
Frio County	56th	Relatively Low	46.6	75.2	53.4	10.9
Shelby County	56th	Relatively Low	45.1	70.5	75.1	48.0
Panola County	55th	Relatively Low	44.3	72.1	81.6	50.9
Palo Pinto County	55th	Relatively Low	59.9	90.3	61.8	27.1
Montague County	55th	Relatively Low	30.7	89.8	77.6	36.0
Howard County	55th	Relatively Low	45.4	89.5	66.1	22.8
Duval County	54th	Relatively Low	28.6	52.4	31.8	7.9
Rusk County	54th	Relatively Low	45.9	73.0	74.9	44.4
Zavala County	54th	Relatively Low	67.0	35.3	28.9	7.2
Austin County	53th	Relatively Low	57.7	54.8	77.3	22.1
Terry County	52th	Relatively Low	11.7	58.7	54.5	16.4
Chambers County	52th	Relatively Low	55.0	78.8	75.6	19.6
Hockley County	51th	Relatively Low	24.8	76.2	74.6	29.2
Dallam County	51th	Relatively Low	14.9	74.6	36.0	34.3
Comanche County	51th	Relatively Low	54.7	92.1	67.5	21.2
Cass County	51th	Relatively Low	39.9	70.8	74.0	50.7
Titus County	47th	Relatively Low	31.9	73.4	74.4	51.9
Wilbarger County	46th	Relatively Low	13.5	63.5	61.9	34.7
Yoakum County	46th	Relatively Low	36.4	86.5	34.3	14.0
Jim Hogg County	45th	Relatively Low	23.2	51.4	14.3	4.9
Real County	43th	Very Low	68.5	72.1	16.8	1.9
Bailey County	42th	Very Low	13.6	88.9	42.4	24.4
Hansford County	42th	Very Low	3.9	69.6	36.6	27.3
Wheeler County	41th	Very Low	7.7	94.3	59.2	31.7
Eastland County	41th	Very Low	43.2	88.1	65.3	25.0
Lee County	40th	Very Low	21.0	46.5	56.9	13.8
Camp County	39th	Very Low	23.7	71.0	81.9	38.4
Dawson County	39th	Very Low	18.8	57.0	52.1	17.4
Jones County	38th	Very Low	39.7	85.4	54.4	20.2
Nolan County	38th	Very Low	29.3	86.6	62.7	17.2
Refugio County	37th	Very Low	42.6	56.7	29.8	4.6
Swisher County	37th	Very Low	11.8	87.8	61.1	33.2
Bosque County	37th	Very Low	40.3	84.8	71.4	15.4
Young County	36th	Very Low	34.9	90.1	49.8	27.2
Dimmit County	36th	Very Low	19.4	54.5	28.2	8.7
Madison County	35th	Very Low	23.8	47.8	55.4	18.2
Ochiltree County	35th	Very Low	7.4	76.2	45.1	31.9
Hall County	35th	Very Low	3.8	74.4	31.7	17.7
Morris County	35th	Very Low	24.2	64.6	79.3	39.0
Castro County	34th	Very Low	11.2	73.8	53.9	23.6
Live Oak County	34th	Very Low	25.3	46.0	39.0	4.9
Hartley County	33th	Very Low	5.1	71.1	26.5	24.9
Blanco County	33th	Very Low	51.4	74.8	42.0	1.8
Kimble County	32th	Very Low	55.4	75.8	24.9	5.5
Zapata County	31th	Very Low	19.9	70.9	14.7	18.4
Floyd County	31th	Very Low	11.3	73.3	44.9	19.5
Sherman County	30th	Very Low	1.1	65.2	18.6	18.4
Scurry County	30th	Very Low	23.6	88.2	43.3	20.9
Lampasas County	30th	Very Low	41.9	84.0	61.2	9.7
Robertson County	30th	Very Low	37.3	46.6	62.3	22.1
Marion County	29th	Very Low	26.0	51.1	54.0	32.2
Burleson County	29th	Very Low	34.9	42.6	36.5	17.7
Kenedy County	28th	Very Low	0.3	44.9	4.5	0.5
Lipscomb County	28th	Very Low	4.4	84.6	29.8	18.5
Collingsworth County	27th	Very Low	3.3	75.1	34.0	19.8
Newton County	27th	Very Low	38.2	75.0	45.5	26.6
Donley County	27th	Very Low	4.2	84.5	40.2	22.6
Runnels County	26th	Very Low	23.4	72.5	42.1	14.1
Falls County	26th	Very Low	24.1	54.5	69.9	21.6
Carson County	25th	Very Low	3.6	86.9	40.8	24.8
Pecos County	25th	Very Low	23.5	64.8	26.1	20.7
Franklin County	25th	Very Low	17.0	58.8	72.3	31.9
Crosby County	24th	Very Low	5.5	61.3	46.5	14.8
Lynn County	23th	Very Low	4.5	56.8	37.0	13.5
Goliad County	23th	Very Low	19.9	55.7	31.0	7.9
La Salle County	23th	Very Low	23.4	66.0	24.5	9.2
Sabine County	22th	Very Low	32.9	58.6	43.8	25.1
Brewster County	21th	Very Low	33.7	88.7	15.0	26.5
Coleman County	21th	Very Low	22.6	79.0	38.3	6.6
Armstrong County	20th	Very Low	1.3	74.4	24.0	12.2
Garza County	20th	Very Low	3.3	83.5	39.2	8.4
Martin County	20th	Very Low	28.6	69.9	23.6	10.5
Mitchell County	20th	Very Low	18.2	84.0	35.4	11.5
Childress County	20th	Very Low	3.9	64.7	30.9	22.7
Reeves County	19th	Very Low	31.5	51.1	19.3	25.2
Knox County	18th	Very Low	5.3	43.7	28.1	15.7
San Augustine County	18th	Very Low	17.0	56.4	44.8	24.1
Baylor County	17th	Very Low	15.6	64.5	33.8	20.2
Hemphill County	17th	Very Low	3.6	89.8	51.2	15.6
Ward County	15th	Very Low	27.1	75.3	26.5	21.3
Callahan County	15th	Very Low	13.9	82.0	52.7	10.5
Clay County	14th	Very Low	14.2	87.9	52.3	25.6
Rains County	14th	Very Low	12.5	42.5	62.1	22.6
Dickens County	14th	Very Low	1.9	76.4	18.0	4.5
Hamilton County	13th	Very Low	17.1	84.9	46.6	10.8
Cochran County	13th	Very Low	1.8	68.3	21.7	10.3
Cottle County	12th	Very Low	1.5	62.9	17.6	8.4
Haskell County	12th	Very Low	12.3	79.6	32.2	18.1
Culberson County	12th	Very Low	6.6	67.2	5.7	26.9
Jack County	11th	Very Low	10.1	86.2	41.4	16.3
Mason County	11th	Very Low	25.4	70.1	20.6	2.6
Somervell County	11th	Very Low	20.1	81.0	42.7	6.6
Presidio County	10th	Very Low	18.1	80.2	7.8	33.5
McCulloch County	10th	Very Low	16.8	69.3	29.5	6.0
Oldham County	10th	Very Low	1.6	66.1	19.1	15.2
Stephens County	9th	Very Low	18.7	76.0	34.0	10.8
Andrews County	9th	Very Low	10.8	75.0	18.4	13.9
Delta County	9th	Very Low	6.4	39.6	49.3	24.5
Briscoe County	9th	Very Low	0.4	58.0	15.3	2.8
Hardeman County	9th	Very Low	4.5	62.0	35.1	23.3
Archer County	8th	Very Low	8.6	84.4	31.7	20.5
Upton County	8th	Very Low	7.1	45.0	16.5	7.2
San Saba County	7th	Very Low	14.9	71.5	23.4	3.7
Sutton County	7th	Very Low	19.1	85.5	14.2	3.7
Reagan County	6th	Very Low	3.8	56.4	14.5	3.6
Crockett County	6th	Very Low	20.8	78.1	10.0	2.8
Edwards County	6th	Very Low	17.8	74.5	13.7	5.0
Borden County	6th	Very Low	0.7	74.7	11.3	0.7
Mills County	6th	Very Low	11.3	76.5	29.3	3.5
Concho County	4th	Very Low	4.0	62.4	18.2	3.2
Foard County	4th	Very Low	1.0	41.1	17.0	7.3
Glasscock County	4th	Very Low	1.9	62.0	12.0	2.1
Winkler County	4th	Very Low	4.6	57.3	18.8	16.2
Stonewall County	4th	Very Low	1.0	66.0	15.2	4.5
Schleicher County	4th	Very Low	2.1	80.2	12.2	2.7
Coke County	4th	Very Low	5.2	83.3	22.8	2.2
Throckmorton County	3th	Very Low	2.0	70.8	17.1	4.7
Motley County	3th	Very Low	1.6	80.3	14.9	4.4
Roberts County	3th	Very Low	0.4	75.3	13.1	4.5
Menard County	3th	Very Low	12.0	60.0	15.6	3.8
Jeff Davis County	3th	Very Low	7.9	88.5	6.5	21.4
Hudspeth County	2th	Very Low	5.6	25.5	2.1	24.4
Kinney County	2th	Very Low	6.0	15.2	11.8	1.7
Fisher County	2th	Very Low	2.7	48.9	14.6	2.9
Irion County	2th	Very Low	2.9	83.1	10.9	0.9
Shackelford County	1th	Very Low	3.2	75.9	19.0	5.1
Crane County	1th	Very Low	3.5	54.1	14.0	7.3
Sterling County	1th	Very Low	0.8	69.8	11.6	0.7
Kent County	1th	Very Low	0.5	66.5	9.7	1.2
McMullen County	1th	Very Low	2.2	27.8	8.5	1.1
Terrell County	0th	Very Low	3.7	46.7	4.8	1.6
King County	0th	Very Low	0.6	55.9	7.5	1.3
Loving County	0th	Very Low	0.2	5.0	1.8	0.3

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