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Flood history in Texas

Texas has 610 county-level flood declarations across 183 counties. Harris County leads with 12 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for flood events in this state: $1.3B.

This page shows every Texas county in Texas that has at least one FEMA flood declaration on record, ranked by how many times that hazard type triggered federal aid. Counties near the top of this list have recurring exposure to flood events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of flood declarations across all states, see the flood disaster type page. For all hazard types in Texas, see the Texas state page.

Flood in Texas

Counties ranked by flood declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Harris County12$260.6M
2Liberty County10$25.9M
3San Jacinto County9$14.7M
4Montgomery County8$52.6M
5Brazoria County7$10.0M
6Jefferson County7$25.2M
7Polk County7$49.5M
8Travis County7$135.0M
9Tyler County7$4.0M
10Walker County7$20.4M
11Austin County6$6.2M
12Fayette County6$781K
13Grimes County6$3.3M
14Guadalupe County6$10.9M
15Hays County6$5.4M
16Houston County6$8.6M
17Jasper County6$7.4M
18Madison County6$787K
19Orange County6$16.3M
20Parker County6$535K
21Anderson County5$6.2M
22Bastrop County5$6.4M
23Brown County5$7.2M
24Burnet County5$9.2M
25Caldwell County5$881K
26Calhoun County5$1.0M
27Callahan County5$3.6M
28Cameron County5$50.1M
29Cass County5$1.4M
30Comal County5$5.2M
31Eastland County5$5.6M
32Fort Bend County5$12.4M
33Galveston County5$0
34Gonzales County5$1.2M
35Hardin County5$4.9M
36Hidalgo County5$94.0M
37Jones County5$6.7M
38Kendall County5$694K
39Kerr County5$16.7M
40Matagorda County5$32K
41Nueces County5$513K
42Red River County5$81K
43San Patricio County5$340K
44San Saba County5$5.6M
45Trinity County5$6.3M
46Waller County5$9.6M
47Aransas County4$0
48Bandera County4$2.2M
49Blanco County4$1.5M
50Bosque County4$1.5M
51Burleson County4$2.1M
52Coleman County4$2.5M
53Cooke County4$4.9M
54Coryell County4$4.0M
55Dallas County4$32.6M
56DeWitt County4$2.8M
57Fannin County4$636K
58Harrison County4$2.5M
59Henderson County4$10.4M
60Hill County4$6.3M
61Jim Wells County4$512K
62Lamar County4$1.7M
63Leon County4$2.3M
64Llano County4$2.2M
65Mason County4$1.0M
66Nacogdoches County4$1.3M
67Newton County4$37.8M
68Real County4$536K
69Refugio County4$23K
70Rusk County4$2.0M
71Shelby County4$1.1M
72Smith County4$13.7M
73Throckmorton County4$874K
74Uvalde County4$1.5M
75Victoria County4$2.5M
76Washington County4$6.0M
77Wharton County4$2.8M
78Bell County3$20.0M
79Bexar County3$7.8M
80Bowie County3$693K
81Brazos County3$3.5M
82Chambers County3$4.7M
83Cherokee County3$1.8M
84Colorado County3$1.6M
85Comanche County3$5.9M
86Delta County3$185K
87Edwards County3$1.3M
88Falls County3$4.1M
89Freestone County3$113K
90Gillespie County3$258K
91Goliad County3$95K
92Gregg County3$1.6M
93Hamilton County3$15.2M
94Hood County3$588K
95Hopkins County3$1.8M
96Kimble County3$3.8M
97Lampasas County3$377K
98Lavaca County3$0
99Lee County3$506K
100Limestone County3$3.1M
101Marion County3$691K
102McCulloch County3$3.6M
103Medina County3$1.4M
104Milam County3$616K
105Navarro County3$2.1M
106Palo Pinto County3$315K
107Rains County3$0
108Sabine County3$1.4M
109San Augustine County3$1.9M
110Stephens County3$761K
111Tarrant County3$0
112Upshur County3$614K
113Willacy County3$5.5M
114Williamson County3$4.2M
115Angelina County2$434K
116Atascosa County2$861K
117Baylor County2$2.0M
118Bee County2$0
119Coke County2$158K
120Collin County2$2.0M
121Concho County2$404K
122Denton County2$2.7M
123Dimmit County2$786K
124Duval County2$394K
125Erath County2$2.7M
126Haskell County2$391K
127Jackson County2$192K
128Karnes County2$223K
129Live Oak County2$243K
130McLennan County2$0
131Menard County2$1.5M
132Mills County2$5.4M
133Montague County2$106K
134Morris County2$145K
135Nolan County2$81K
136Panola County2$1.2M
137Robertson County2$1.1M
138Rockwall County2$455K
139Schleicher County2$722K
140Somervell County2$172K
141Starr County2$3.0M
142Sutton County2$501K
143Taylor County2$893K
144Titus County2$0
145Van Zandt County2$5.8M
146Wilson County2$981K
147Wise County2$0
148Young County2$0
149Zavala County2$1.1M
150Archer County1$233K
151Bailey County1$12.2M
152Brooks County1$0
153Camp County1$0
154Clay County1$436K
155Cochran County1$0
156Collingsworth County1$0
157El Paso County1$0
158Ellis County1$1.7M
159Fisher County1$332K
160Franklin County1$129K
161Frio County1$410K
162Grayson County1$0
163Hall County1$680K
164Hockley County1$7.7M
165Hudspeth County1$0
166Jim Hogg County1$0
167Johnson County1$0
168Kaufman County1$8.2M
169Kinney County1$418K
170Kleberg County1$1.1M
171Knox County1$191K
172La Salle County1$819K
173Lynn County1$30K
174McMullen County1$130K
175Reeves County1$0
176Shackelford County1$0
177Sterling County1$0
178Terrell County1$234K
179Tom Green County1$13.3M
180Val Verde County1$591K
181Webb County1$0
182Wichita County1$0
183Wood County1$425K