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Most disaster-prone counties in Texas

Texas has 5,277 county-level FEMA disaster declarations across 254 counties. The dominant hazard type is hurricane. Harris County leads with 41 declarations, followed by Montgomery County and Walker County.

This ranking shows every county in Texas ordered by how many times FEMA has issued a disaster declaration affecting it. Counties near coastlines, river systems, or wildfire corridors tend to appear at the top because the same geographic exposure produces recurring events across decades.

Each county links to a full disaster history page with the complete declaration timeline, hazard type breakdown, decade trends, and whatever FEMA spending data is available. For a national view, see the most disaster-prone counties in America page.

Texas ranking

All counties by FEMA declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTop hazardFirst yearLatest year
1Harris County41Flood19732024
2Montgomery County39Hurricane19732025
3Walker County39Hurricane19892024
4Liberty County38Flood19732024
5Travis County37Fire19912025
6Brazoria County34Hurricane19732024
7Cameron County34Hurricane19672025
8San Patricio County34Hurricane19672025
9Nueces County33Hurricane19672024
10Smith County33Hurricane19652024
11Hardin County32Hurricane19732024
12Hidalgo County32Hurricane19672025
13Jasper County32Hurricane19732024
14San Jacinto County32Hurricane19732025
15Tyler County32Hurricane19732024
16Anderson County31Hurricane19662024
17Aransas County31Hurricane19672024
18Bastrop County31Fire19912023
19Galveston County31Hurricane19732024
20Jefferson County31Hurricane19732024
21Orange County31Hurricane19732024
22Bexar County30Hurricane19882025
23Jim Wells County30Hurricane19672021
24Leon County30Hurricane19652024
25Newton County30Hurricane19732024
26Polk County30Hurricane19732024
27Houston County29Fire19892024
28Matagorda County29Hurricane19672024
29Waller County29Hurricane19892024
30Willacy County29Hurricane19672025
31Calhoun County28Hurricane19672024
32Cass County28Hurricane19662024
33Cherokee County28Hurricane19872024
34Dallas County28Hurricane19662024
35Fort Bend County28Hurricane19832024
36Harrison County28Hurricane19662024
37Nacogdoches County28Hurricane19752024
38Refugio County28Hurricane19672024
39Tarrant County28Hurricane19662021
40Trinity County28Hurricane19892024
41Victoria County28Hurricane19672024
42Bowie County27Hurricane19662024
43Eastland County27Fire19902024
44Grimes County27Hurricane19932024
45Hays County27Fire19702024
46Madison County27Hurricane19872024
47Navarro County27Severe Storm19652024
48Rusk County27Fire19652024
49Shelby County27Hurricane19662024
50Comal County26Fire19722023
51Palo Pinto County26Fire19812021
52Parker County26Flood19742021
53Red River County26Fire19662024
54Sabine County26Hurricane19732024
55San Augustine County26Hurricane19892024
56Wharton County26Hurricane19902024
57Williamson County26Fire19742025
58Brown County25Fire19892024
59Henderson County25Severe Storm19662024
60Hill County25Severe Storm19682024
61McLennan County25Severe Storm19732021
62Austin County24Hurricane19912024
63Bosque County24Fire19892024
64Burnet County24Fire19732025
65Caldwell County24Fire19722024
66Callahan County24Fire19902021
67Denton County24Severe Storm19742024
68Ellis County24Fire19892024
69Fayette County24Fire19722024
70Jackson County24Hurricane19672024
71Jones County24Severe Storm19902024
72Kleberg County24Hurricane19672024
73Lamar County24Severe Storm19662024
74Panola County24Hurricane19872024
75Upshur County24Hurricane19662024
76Wichita County24Fire19792021
77Angelina County23Hurricane19892024
78Bee County23Hurricane19672021
79Bell County23Fire19742024
80Brooks County23Hurricane19672021
81Chambers County23Hurricane19792024
82Coryell County23Fire19892024
83Gregg County23Hurricane19662024
84Guadalupe County23Flood19722025
85Jim Hogg County23Hurricane19672021
86Milam County23Hurricane19912024
87Starr County23Hurricane19672025
88Stephens County23Fire19782021
89Burleson County22Hurricane19872024
90Cooke County22Severe Storm19662024
91DeWitt County22Hurricane19672024
92Gonzales County22Flood19672024
93Hood County22Fire19892022
94Kendall County22Fire19782025
95Lee County22Fire19872024
96Live Oak County22Hurricane19672021
97Marion County22Fire19662024
98Montague County22Fire19812024
99San Saba County22Fire19932025
100Taylor County22Fire19812022
101Webb County22Hurricane19722024
102Wise County22Fire19812021
103Archer County21Fire19892021
104Clay County21Fire19792024
105Goliad County21Hurricane19672024
106Grayson County21Severe Storm19812021
107Hopkins County21Fire19742024
108Kenedy County21Hurricane19672024
109Limestone County21Fire19732024
110Somervell County21Fire19892022
111Titus County21Hurricane19662024
112Tom Green County21Fire19902025
113Young County21Fire19782021
114Atascosa County20Hurricane19672025
115Blanco County20Fire19892024
116Collin County20Hurricane19662024
117Colorado County20Hurricane19932024
118Comanche County20Severe Storm19892021
119Duval County20Hurricane19672021
120Fannin County20Severe Storm19662024
121Franklin County20Fire19982023
122Freestone County20Hurricane19652024
123Howard County20Fire19892021
124Kaufman County20Severe Storm19892024
125Lubbock County20Hurricane19702021
126Nolan County20Fire19802021
127Throckmorton County20Fire19782021
128Van Zandt County20Severe Storm19892024
129Washington County20Hurricane19932024
130Baylor County19Fire19792024
131Brazos County19Hurricane19912024
132Cottle County19Fire19902021
133Hutchinson County19Fire19892025
134Johnson County19Fire19892021
135Kerr County19Flood19782025
136Kimble County19Fire19932025
137Lampasas County19Fire19912025
138Lavaca County19Hurricane19672024
139Mason County19Fire19892025
140McCulloch County19Fire19892025
141Midland County19Fire19922021
142Motley County19Fire19862021
143Potter County19Fire19892021
144Uvalde County19Flood19902025
145Coleman County18Fire19912024
146Delta County18Severe Storm19662024
147Donley County18Fire19702026
148Edwards County18Fire19932025
149Erath County18Fire19902021
150Gillespie County18Fire19912025
151Hall County18Fire19892021
152Hamilton County18Fire19902025
153Hunt County18Fire19902021
154Jack County18Fire19892021
155Jeff Davis County18Fire19982021
156Lynn County18Fire19922024
157Medina County18Hurricane19932021
158Morris County18Hurricane19662024
159Real County18Flood19932025
160Robertson County18Hurricane19912024
161Shackelford County18Fire19782021
162Zavala County18Hurricane19842021
163Coke County17Fire19932025
164Dimmit County17Hurricane19842021
165Foard County17Fire19792021
166Frio County17Hurricane19902021
167Garza County17Fire19922021
168Haskell County17Fire19782021
169King County17Fire19932021
170Knox County17Fire19892021
171La Salle County17Hurricane19672021
172Llano County17Flood19912025
173Menard County17Fire19932025
174Mills County17Fire19902024
175Rains County17Fire19662024
176Randall County17Fire19892021
177Rockwall County17Fire19662024
178Wilbarger County17Fire19792021
179Wilson County17Hurricane19932021
180Wood County17Hurricane19982021
181Bailey County16Fire19922024
182Bandera County16Flood19782021
183Briscoe County16Fire19702021
184Camp County16Hurricane19662024
185Cochran County16Fire19702024
186Crosby County16Fire19922021
187Dawson County16Fire19922021
188Dickens County16Fire19922021
189El Paso County16Hurricane19742021
190Falls County16Fire19742024
191Fisher County16Fire19932021
192Floyd County16Hurricane19922021
193Gray County16Fire19702025
194Hardeman County16Fire19932021
195Hockley County16Fire19702024
196Karnes County16Hurricane19672021
197Lamb County16Fire19702021
198McMullen County16Hurricane19672021
199Stonewall County16Fire19932021
200Sutton County16Fire19932025
201Andrews County15Fire19982021
202Borden County15Fire19922021
203Carson County15Fire19922021
204Concho County15Fire19932025
205Deaf Smith County15Fire19922021
206Ector County15Fire19892021
207Hale County15Fire19652021
208Kent County15Fire19932021
209Martin County15Fire19922021
210Moore County15Fire19922024
211Parmer County15Fire19702021
212Pecos County15Fire19892021
213Scurry County15Fire19932021
214Swisher County15Fire19702021
215Terrell County15Fire19652024
216Terry County15Fire19922021
217Val Verde County15Fire19932021
218Zapata County15Hurricane19672021
219Armstrong County14Fire19982026
220Castro County14Fire19922021
221Childress County14Fire19962021
222Collingsworth County14Fire19682021
223Crockett County14Fire19932021
224Gaines County14Fire19922021
225Hemphill County14Fire19982024
226Kinney County14Fire19902021
227Maverick County14Hurricane19902021
228Mitchell County14Fire19932021
229Ochiltree County14Fire19892021
230Presidio County14Fire19982021
231Roberts County14Fire19982024
232Schleicher County14Fire19932025
233Sterling County14Fire19932024
234Wheeler County14Fire19982021
235Brewster County13Fire19982021
236Glasscock County13Fire19932021
237Hansford County13Fire19902021
238Hartley County13Fire19982021
239Hudspeth County13Fire19662021
240Irion County13Fire19932021
241Oldham County13Fire19982021
242Reagan County13Fire19932021
243Reeves County13Fire19982025
244Runnels County13Fire19932021
245Upton County13Fire19932021
246Crane County12Fire19982021
247Culberson County12Fire19982021
248Sherman County12Fire19892021
249Winkler County12Fire19982021
250Yoakum County12Fire19922021
251Dallam County11Fire19982021
252Lipscomb County11Fire19982021
253Loving County11Fire19982021
254Ward County11Fire19982021