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 Oldham 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.
2 NOAA storm reports from Oldham County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Texas flood stories →
13 federal disaster declarations since 1998, 1 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Feb 11, 2021 |
| 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 |
| Severe Winter Ice Storm | Dec 12, 2000 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
8 since 1996: 6 flash floods and 2 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flood | Jun 5, 2019 | — |
| Flood | Oct 4, 2019 | — |
| Flash Flood | Oct 22, 2015 | — |
| Flash Flood | Sep 19, 2013 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jun 13, 2003 | — |
| Flash Flood | Sep 9, 2003 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jul 6, 2002 | $45,000 |
| Flash Flood | Oct 23, 2000 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flood · Jun 5, 2019. Upper level disturbance over eastern New Mexico helped to generate thunderstorms. Originally multi-cellular, thunderstorms quickly congealed into a line as they produced damaging winds gusts and hail reports across the central and western Texas Panhandle. Locally heavy rainfall in the most persistent areas of thunderstorms also produced reports of flooding for parts of the TX Panhandle.
Flood · Oct 4, 2019. Deep moisture, a retreating frontal boundary and an upper level disturbance led to Morning thunderstorms across the southwest Texas Panhandle led to localized flooding and flash flooding.
Flash Flood · Oct 22, 2015. A severe thunderstorm caused wind damage in the town of Dodson in Collingsworth County during the evening of the 21st. Earlier that afternoon, storms occurred further west in the southwest portion of the Texas Panhandle, but were non-severe. Hail, strong wind gusts, and heavy rain were all that was reported. As the night went on, heavy rain continued in some locations. This resulting in flooding in some areas. Fla…
Flash Flood · Sep 19, 2013. Portions of the Texas Panhandle experienced tropical-like precipitation which led to localized flash flooding during the evening hours of the 19th. The remnants of Tropical Depression Manuel streamed across the panhandle ahead of a slow southward progressing cold front. The increased moisture pushed Precipitable Water values into a climatological extreme range which provided thunderstorms with the potential to pro…
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 Oldham 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.