11 flood insurance claims·$37,056 paid·7 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 Jim Hogg 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.
Flash flooding from slow-moving thunderstorms and tropical systems dominates the flood risk in Jim Hogg County, accounting for the majority of the recorded events over the last 30 years alongside tropical storms.
Specific historical events illustrate this risk. In June 2015, tropical moisture interacting with an upper-level trough produced estimated rainfall totals of 6 to 12 inches across northern Jim Hogg County, resulting in flash flooding in Hebbronville. Earlier, in August 2023, Tropical Storm Harold brought heavy winds and quickly tracked across Jim Hogg County after making landfall.
Historical National Flood Insurance Program records indicate that claims are concentrated in designated Special Flood Hazard Areas, specifically Zone A, which recorded 9 claims with an average payout of $4,820 and an average recorded water depth of 6 inches. An additional 2 claims were filed in areas with an unknown zone, averaging a $3,312 payout with an average recorded water depth of 1 inch. Property owners located within Zone A should pay the most attention to this flood risk.
Summary written from NOAA storm reports and NFIP claims for this county. Not a prediction.
In flood insurance claims here that reported a flood depth, the average was 5 inches.
Drawn to scale against an 80-inch door. Even a few inches soaks flooring, the bottom of the drywall and anything plugged in near the floor.
Average of the depths reported on claims (zero and implausible values left out); FEMA’s record doesn’t say exactly where each depth was measured. Source: OpenFEMA NFIP claims.
The worst year was 2015, with 2 claims and $14,539 paid.
Bar height is scaled by square root so ordinary years stay visible next to the worst one. NFIP claims by year of loss. Source: OpenFEMA.
4 NOAA storm reports from Jim Hogg County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Texas flood stories →
23 federal disaster declarations since 1967, 7 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Hurricane Hanna | Jul 25, 2020 |
| Wildfires | Apr 6, 2011 |
| Hurricane Alex | Jun 30, 2010 |
| Tropical Storm Alex | Jun 27, 2010 |
| Hurricane Ike | Sep 7, 2008 |
| Hurricane Gustav | Aug 27, 2008 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
18 since 1996: 14 flash floods and 2 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Tropical Storm | Aug 22, 2023 | $50,000 |
| Flash Flood | Jun 17, 2015 | $100,000 |
| Flash Flood | May 11, 2015 | $20,000 |
| Flash Flood | May 14, 2010 | $2,000 |
| Tropical Storm | Jul 23, 2008 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jun 28, 2007 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jun 22, 2007 | — |
| Flash Flood | Apr 25, 2006 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Tropical Storm · Aug 22, 2023. Tropical Storm Harold made landfall along the unpopulated Padre Island National Seashore on the northern Kenedy coastline just before 10:00AM CDT Tuesday, August 22nd carrying sustained winds of 50 mph with gusts over 60 mph in a small portion of the developing eye. Harold spun quickly across northern Kenedy, Brooks, and Jim Hogg Counties during the day on August 22nd before weakening to a Tropical Depression over…
Flash Flood · Jun 17, 2015. Tropical moisture flowing into Deep South Texas well behind Tropical Depression Bill, was given a boost by a leftover upper level trough and boundaries from prior storms across the South Texas Brush Country on June 17th/early June 18th to trigger a band of repeating thunderstorms across central and north Jim Hogg County. Rainfall estimated ranged from 6 to 12 inches across northern Jim Hogg County. This created fl…
Flash Flood · May 11, 2015. Deep tropical moisture pooled ahead of a dissipating late season front across the ranchlands, and combined with an impulse of jet stream energy during the afternoon and evening hours of May 11th. This resulted in a broken area of diurnally driven late afternoon showers and thunderstorms, which was followed by more widespread and slow moving thunderstorms after sunset which ultimately developed into a convective s…
Flash Flood · May 14, 2010. An impulse of upper level energy provided enhanced lift along and near and old frontal boundary from the Brush Country northward to the Texas Hill Country, generating clusters of very slow moving storms in Webb, Duval, and Jim Hogg County during the late afternoon and evening hours of May 14th. The southern edge of stronger storms, which dropped more than 6 inches of rain in Duval County and produced significant…
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 Jim Hogg 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.