Enter any address in Briscoe County, Texas to see its FEMA flood zone
7 NOAA storm reports from this county describe what happened, in the words of the meteorologists who were there.
Briscoe County, Texas has recorded 14 flood-related events since 1996 according to NOAA's Storm Events Database, including 11 flash floods and 3 river or area floods. The county has received 16 federal disaster declarations. Enter any address above to check its FEMA flood zone designation.
FEMA Disaster Declarations (1970–2021)
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
| Declaration | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Severe Ice Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Severe Ice Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Covid-19 | Biological | Jan 20, 2020 |
| Covid-19 Pandemic | Biological | Jan 20, 2020 |
| Wildfires | Fire | Aug 30, 2011 |
| Wildfires | Fire | Apr 6, 2011 |
| Wildfires | Fire | Mar 14, 2008 |
| Extreme Wildfire Threat | Fire | Nov 27, 2005 |
| Hurricane Rita | Hurricane | Sep 23, 2005 |
| Hurricane Katrina Evacuation | Hurricane | Aug 29, 2005 |
NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025)
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
| Type | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | Jul 17, 2021 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Oct 8, 2018 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Oct 4, 2017 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Apr 22, 2015 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jun 19, 2013 | 5.00K |
| Flash Flood | Sep 26, 2012 | 2.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jun 3, 2012 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jul 11, 2011 | 20.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jun 17, 2004 | 100K |
| Flash Flood | May 4, 2001 | — |
Flash Flood — Jul 17, 2021
An upper level trough moved across the region during the afternoon of the 15th. This trough was also accompanied by a surface cold front that led to scattered thunderstorm development during the afternoon and evening hours. Ample atmospheric moisture combined with weak wind shear lead to slow moving efficient rain producers which led to several heavy rain reports. Additionally, very hot surface...
Flood — Oct 8, 2018
Early morning showers and thunderstorms across much of the South Plains were followed by additional rounds of heavy rainfall through midday. The latter rounds of rain were focused near and just east of the Interstate 27 and US Highway 87 corridor where as much as two inches of rain fell on top of soils that were already saturated from heavy rains that fell just three days earlier. The result w...
Flood — Oct 4, 2017
Beginning on the evening of the 4th and lasting through the early morning of the 5th, very heavy rains fell over portions of eastern Briscoe, Hall, and western Childress Counties. A very moist atmosphere in place and training convection allowed for an estimated swath of 5-7 inches of rainfall over a widespread area. A river gauge six miles southwest of Brice in Hall County recorded a rainfall a...
Flood — Apr 22, 2015
Early this morning, a series of outflow boundaries moved south across the southern Texas Panhandle and much of the Rolling Plains. The most organized of these boundaries would eventually retreat north before stalling from near Hereford (Deaf Smith County, WFO AMA) southeast to Paducah (Cottle County). This boundary provided the focus for an intense and long-lived supercell that developed west o...
Flash Flood — Jun 19, 2013
During the morning hours, a complex of thunderstorms propagated slowly southward from the eastern Panhandle into the Rolling Plains. Several of these storms were strong to severe, and one storm produced straight-line wind damage in Quitaque, including lifting the top of the town water tower off. However, the more widespread impact was very heavy rainfall that produced flash flooding over a larg...
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
FEMA assigns flood zone designations to areas in Briscoe County, Texas:
AE High Risk — 1% annual chance of flooding. Insurance required.
VE Very High Risk — Coastal flooding with wave action.
X (Shaded) Moderate Risk — 500-year floodplain.
X Low Risk — Outside major floodplains.
Properties in Briscoe County, Texas that are in FEMA-designated Special Flood Hazard Areas (zones A and V) with federally backed mortgages are required to carry flood insurance.
Even outside high-risk zones, flood insurance is recommended. From 2014 to 2024, nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area.
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