30 FEMA areas

Hurricane Risk by City in Texas

Compare 52 cities using FEMA's relative hurricane scores and annualized frequency for the county-equivalent areas shown.

Highest relative score

100.0/100

Harris County

Covered cities: Atascocita, Baytown, Houston, and Pasadena

Lowest relative score in this set

40.9/100

Ector County

Covered cities: Odessa

These are relative FEMA scores for county-equivalent areas. They are not annual probabilities or property-level findings.

Texas hurricane rankings

Cities sharing a FEMA area are grouped together and receive the same score.

Rank	FEMA area and cities	Rating	Score	Annualized frequency
#1	Harris County Atascocita Baytown Houston Pasadena	Very High	100.0/100	0.182 per year
#2	Hidalgo County Edinburg McAllen Mission	Very High	99.3/100	0.128 per year
#3	Fort Bend County Sugar Land	Very High	99.2/100	0.172 per year
#4	Cameron County Brownsville Harlingen	Relatively High	98.8/100	0.174 per year
#5	Brazoria County Pearland	Relatively High	98.5/100	0.226 per year
#6	Galveston County Galveston League City	Relatively High	98.3/100	0.270 per year
#7	Nueces County Corpus Christi	Relatively High	98.3/100	0.163 per year
#8	Jefferson County Beaumont Port Arthur	Relatively High	97.7/100	0.174 per year
#9	Montgomery County Conroe The Woodlands	Relatively High	95.8/100	0.140 per year
#10	Bexar County San Antonio	Relatively Moderate	87.6/100	0.036 per year
#11	Brazos County Bryan College Station	Relatively Low	83.2/100	0.077 per year
#12	Travis County Austin	Relatively Low	82.7/100	0.035 per year
#13	Webb County Laredo	Relatively Low	81.8/100	0.059 per year
#14	McLennan County Waco	Relatively Low	77.9/100	0.047 per year
#15	Bell County Killeen Temple	Relatively Low	77.7/100	0.042 per year
#16	Tarrant County Arlington Fort Worth	Relatively Low	77.2/100	0.017 per year
#17	Dallas County Carrollton Dallas Garland Grand Prairie Irving Mesquite Richardson	Relatively Low	76.9/100	0.012 per year
#18	Williamson County Round Rock	Relatively Low	76.7/100	0.038 per year
#19	Smith County Tyler	Relatively Low	71.8/100	0.023 per year
#20	Gregg County Longview	Relatively Low	71.3/100	0.034 per year
#21	Comal County New Braunfels	Relatively Low	70.4/100	0.040 per year
#22	Denton County Denton Lewisville	Relatively Low	67.3/100	0.012 per year
#23	Collin County Allen Frisco McKinney Plano	Relatively Low	67.1/100	0.013 per year
#24	Taylor County Abilene	Very Low	49.3/100	0.008 per year
#25	Wichita County Wichita Falls	Very Low	46.4/100	0.010 per year
#26	Lubbock County Lubbock	Very Low	45.6/100	0.008 per year
#27	El Paso County El Paso	Very Low	44.3/100	0.006 per year
#28	Tom Green County San Angelo	Very Low	44.0/100	0.008 per year
#29	Midland County Midland	Very Low	41.0/100	0.006 per year
#30	Ector County Odessa	Very Low	40.9/100	0.006 per year

Occurrence thresholds vary by hazard. The FEMA methodology defines the value for each hazard.

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Questions about hurricane risk in Texas

Which covered Texas cities have the highest relative hurricane risk?

Atascocita, Baytown, Houston, and Pasadena use FEMA data for Harris County, which has the highest relative hurricane score in this covered set at 100.0/100. Cities sharing the same FEMA area share the same score.

Which covered Texas area has the lowest relative hurricane score?

Ector County has the lowest score in this covered set at 40.9/100. This is a relative FEMA comparison, not a declaration that every property there is safe.

Are these hurricane figures city-level?

No. The city links provide geographic navigation, while the scores and frequencies cover the FEMA county-equivalent areas shown in the table. Address-level conditions require local maps and property details.

Is the FEMA relative score an annual probability?

No. The relative score compares FEMA areas on a 0–100 scale. Annualized frequency appears separately with hazard-specific units.

Related state and hazard pages

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Source: FEMA National Risk Index v1.19.0, released March 2023. Hazard data covers FEMA county-equivalent areas.

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