1 flood insurance claims·$7,800 paid·1 federal flood & hurricane disasters
Share of the whole county outline, rivers and lakes included; parts FEMA hasn’t mapped count as zero.
Shaded areas are FEMA’s mapped flood hazard zones in and around Childress County, Texas. Zoomed out they are simplified; at street level the map switches to FEMA’s exact layer. Tap anywhere to check that spot, or search an address above.
9 NOAA storm reports from Childress County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Texas flood stories →
14 federal disaster declarations since 1996, 1 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding | Dec 26, 2015 |
| Wildfires | Apr 6, 2011 |
| Wildfires | Mar 14, 2008 |
| Extreme Wildfire Threat | Nov 27, 2005 |
| Hurricane Rita | Sep 23, 2005 |
| Hurricane Katrina Evacuation | Aug 29, 2005 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
12 since 1996: 4 flash floods and 7 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | Apr 26, 2025 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jun 7, 2018 | — |
| Flood | Oct 4, 2017 | — |
| Flash Flood | May 22, 2016 | — |
| Flood | Oct 6, 2016 | — |
| Flood | Nov 2, 2016 | $20,000 |
| Flood | Jul 6, 2015 | — |
| Flood | Aug 16, 2013 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flash Flood · Apr 26, 2025. Low level atmospheric moisture continued to increase for another consecutive day across the South Plains and Rolling Plains of West Texas on the afternoon of the 25th. Numerous outflow boundaries, a dryline, and a cold front provided a focus for thunderstorm initiation during the afternoon hours. Three rounds of severe storms affected the Texas South Plains region from the afternoon of the 25th to the early mornin…
Flash Flood · Jun 7, 2018. During the morning of the seventh, a mesoscale convective system moving across Oklahoma reinforced pre-existing outflow boundaries in the Rolling Plains and eastern South Plains. A weak short wave moving over the top of an upper level ridge combined with a very unstable airmass over the Rolling Plains creating scattered severe thunderstorms. Strong downdraft CAPE values led to very strong reported wind gusts as we…
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 amount of 5.71 inches…
Flash Flood · May 22, 2016. The first in a multi-day event produced widespread large hail, tornadoes, and flash flooding but the largest impacts were felt in the extreme southeastern Texas Panhandle. An upper level jet streak provided the necessary lift acting upon a very unstable and strongly sheared atmosphere. Supercell thunderstorms began as isolated cells on the caprock and became more widespread once they moved off the caprock. Initial…
National Weather Service narratives, lightly trimmed. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Every colour on the map above is a place on this drawing: where the ground sits relative to the flood FEMA plans for.
If a building in Childress County is in a high-risk zone (A or V) and its mortgage comes from a federally regulated or insured lender, or is federally backed, flood insurance is required.
Outside those zones it is optional, and often worth having: from 2014 to 2024 nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. Since Risk Rating 2.0, NFIP premiums are set for each building, so the only reliable price is a quote: FloodSmart.gov or a local agent.