Enter any address in Cottle County, Texas to see its FEMA flood zone
3 NOAA storm reports from this county describe what happened, in the words of the meteorologists who were there.
Cottle County, Texas has recorded 7 flood-related events since 1996 according to NOAA's Storm Events Database, including 4 flash floods and 2 river or area floods. The county has received 19 federal disaster declarations. Enter any address above to check its FEMA flood zone designation.
FEMA Disaster Declarations (1990–2021)
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 |
| Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding | Severe Storm | Dec 26, 2015 |
| Wildfires | Fire | Apr 6, 2011 |
| Hurricane Alex | Hurricane | Jun 30, 2010 |
| Wildfires | Fire | Mar 14, 2008 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding | Severe Storm | Jun 16, 2007 |
| Extreme Wildfire Threat | Fire | Nov 27, 2005 |
NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025)
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
| Type | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flood | Apr 16, 2016 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Oct 6, 2016 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jun 19, 2013 | 0.00K |
| Tropical Depression | Aug 17, 2007 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Oct 15, 2006 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Sep 10, 2006 | 75K |
| Flash Flood | Sep 20, 2001 | 30K |
Flood — Apr 16, 2016
In advance of a slow-moving upper low in the Four Corners, a dryline over the eastern South Plains focused thunderstorm development by early afternoon. As these storms moved northeast and off the Caprock, they intensified with some becoming supercells. These supercells produced copious amounts of severe hail and heavy rainfall that resulted in some flooding. One supercell produced three EF-0...
Flood — Oct 6, 2016
Around 1400 CST, a dryline focused discrete thunderstorm development in the far southeast Texas Panhandle. Very strong instability with mixed layer CAPEs around 3500 J/kg allowed these storms to intensify with supercell structures observed at times. One of these storms produced damaging hail to two inches in diameter in Kirkland (southeast Childress County). Also, periodic training of storms...
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...
Tropical Depression — Aug 17, 2007
Tropical Depression Erin, previously a tropical storm during landfall on the middle Texas coast early on the 16th, brought large amounts of rain to portions of west Texas. This rain fell primarily on the 17th and 18th of August on the South Plains and Rolling Plains before the system moved northeastward over Oklahoma. ||Erin maintained a defined circulation well after making landfall, and even ...
Flash Flood — Oct 15, 2006
A round of strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall impacted the west Texas South Plains region on the 15th. Heavy rainfall during the pre-dawn hours caused flash flooding in Garza County, where a vehicle became stranded in a flooded playa lake. Local authorities conducted a high water rescue to remove the driver, and no injuries were reported.|A severe storm affected Plainview (Hale C...
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
FEMA assigns flood zone designations to areas in Cottle 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 Cottle 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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