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Severe Storm history in Texas

Texas has 739 county-level severe storm declarations across 200 counties. Harris County leads with 9 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for severe storm events in this state: $898.9M.

This page shows every Texas county in Texas that has at least one FEMA severe storm 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 severe storm events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

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

Severe Storm in Texas

Counties ranked by severe storm declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Harris County9$474.0M
2Liberty County9$6.1M
3Walker County9$5.3M
4Brazoria County8$1.7M
5Navarro County8$6.7M
6Hardin County7$1.6M
7Hill County7$7.0M
8Bosque County6$3.2M
9Cherokee County6$2.4M
10Cooke County6$9.6M
11Dallas County6$14.1M
12Denton County6$7.1M
13Ellis County6$1.6M
14Henderson County6$2.9M
15Jasper County6$1.1M
16Jefferson County6$8.9M
17Jones County6$3.4M
18Kaufman County6$2.1M
19Lamar County6$2.8M
20Leon County6$997K
21McLennan County6$2.2M
22Montgomery County6$2.2M
23Orange County6$1.7M
24San Jacinto County6$3.0M
25Smith County6$2.6M
26Trinity County6$475K
27Van Zandt County6$6.7M
28Anderson County5$274K
29Angelina County5$1.6M
30Archer County5$1.3M
31Brown County5$2.0M
32Cass County5$380K
33Comanche County5$8.1M
34Cottle County5$29K
35Fannin County5$1.3M
36Galveston County5$1.2M
37Grayson County5$6.8M
38Harrison County5$782K
39Hood County5$1.4M
40Houston County5$1.0M
41Lubbock County5$2.2M
42Madison County5$752K
43Montague County5$15.1M
44Newton County5$396K
45Nueces County5$18.4M
46Parker County5$2.0M
47Polk County5$3.2M
48Red River County5$750K
49Tarrant County5$6.8M
50Taylor County5$471K
51Travis County5$62.0M
52Tyler County5$340K
53Wichita County5$4.4M
54Wise County5$2.2M
55Atascosa County4$507K
56Baylor County4$170K
57Burnet County4$3.7M
58Caldwell County4$2.6M
59Callahan County4$1.3M
60Cameron County4$1.7M
61Clay County4$193K
62Collin County4$796K
63Coryell County4$1.4M
64Delta County4$554K
65Dickens County4$72K
66Eastland County4$8.5M
67Erath County4$1.9M
68Fort Bend County4$1.6M
69Guadalupe County4$771K
70Hall County4$218K
71Hays County4$22.2M
72Hidalgo County4$26.0M
73Hopkins County4$3.2M
74Jack County4$667K
75Jim Wells County4$3.0M
76Johnson County4$873K
77Limestone County4$0
78Motley County4$0
79Nacogdoches County4$1.4M
80Palo Pinto County4$171K
81Sabine County4$173K
82San Augustine County4$11K
83San Patricio County4$4.5M
84Shackelford County4$579K
85Shelby County4$1.7M
86Somervell County4$165K
87Throckmorton County4$294K
88Titus County4$344K
89Tom Green County4$0
90Victoria County4$1.4M
91Waller County4$308K
92Wharton County4$1.9M
93Williamson County4$3.1M
94Young County4$804K
95Bailey County3$466K
96Bastrop County3$4.7M
97Bell County3$416K
98Blanco County3$3.2M
99Borden County3$0
100Bowie County3$1.1M
101Castro County3$317K
102Cochran County3$54K
103Collingsworth County3$999K
104Comal County3$1.1M
105Crosby County3$0
106Deaf Smith County3$582K
107Donley County3$0
108Edwards County3$571K
109Floyd County3$229K
110Freestone County3$427K
111Frio County3$119K
112Gaines County3$339K
113Garza County3$147K
114Gonzales County3$318K
115Grimes County3$690K
116Hale County3$0
117Hamilton County3$4.8M
118Haskell County3$109K
119Hockley County3$359K
120Howard County3$0
121Hunt County3$697K
122Kendall County3$324K
123Knox County3$0
124Lamb County3$726K
125Lynn County3$139K
126Mason County3$117K
127Matagorda County3$0
128McCulloch County3$916K
129Medina County3$2.5M
130Milam County3$1.4M
131Mills County3$1.7M
132Ochiltree County3$0
133Parmer County3$967K
134Pecos County3$0
135Rains County3$121K
136Real County3$644K
137Refugio County3$106K
138Rockwall County3$0
139Rusk County3$1.1M
140Starr County3$5.0M
141Swisher County3$111K
142Terry County3$417K
143Upshur County3$151K
144Uvalde County3$1.3M
145Webb County3$2.5M
146Wilbarger County3$134K
147Willacy County3$1.3M
148Wilson County3$1.2M
149Zavala County3$3.1M
150Aransas County2$1.5M
151Austin County2$422K
152Bee County2$99K
153Bexar County2$1.7M
154Briscoe County2$0
155Burleson County2$432K
156Chambers County2$70K
157Childress County2$19K
158Coleman County2$182K
159Colorado County2$506K
160Dawson County2$0
161DeWitt County2$58K
162Duval County2$344K
163Ector County2$0
164El Paso County2$11.1M
165Fayette County2$314K
166Fisher County2$1.2M
167Foard County2$0
168Franklin County2$557K
169Gillespie County2$65K
170Gregg County2$0
171Hansford County2$0
172Hardeman County2$34K
173Hartley County2$19K
174Hudspeth County2$48K
175Hutchinson County2$0
176Jackson County2$0
177Jim Hogg County2$88K
178Kent County2$0
179King County2$0
180Kleberg County2$311K
181La Salle County2$0
182Lampasas County2$416K
183Lee County2$156K
184Live Oak County2$0
185Llano County2$433K
186Marion County2$0
187Martin County2$0
188Maverick County2$2.8M
189Menard County2$222K
190Midland County2$0
191Moore County2$1.2M
192Nolan County2$0
193Panola County2$0
194Potter County2$0
195Randall County2$0
196Robertson County2$291K
197Runnels County2$415K
198San Saba County2$857K
199Scurry County2$0
200Sherman County2$0