Natural Disasters in Mercedes, TX

Hazard risk, disaster history, and FEMA data

Natural Hazard Risk

Source: FEMA National Risk Index

Risk Score

99.0

Relatively High

Expected Annual Loss

97.9

Score (0-100)

Social Vulnerability

92.7

Score (0-100)

Community Resilience

0.9

Score (0-100)

Top Hazard Risks

Cold Wave99.9Hurricane99.5Hail99.2

Hazard	Risk Score
Cold Wave	99.9
Hurricane	99.5
Hail	99.2
Heat Wave	98.8
Drought	98.6
Ice Storm	98.5
Tornado	96.0
Winter Weather	95.7
Lightning	93.1
Strong Wind	89.2
Wildfire	83.8
Earthquake	79.0
Landslide	48.3

Scores range from 0 (lowest risk) to 100 (highest risk) relative to all U.S. communities. Data from FEMA National Risk Index.

Disaster Declarations

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA

Total Declarations

Most Recent

Flood

May 2025

Most Common Type

Hurricane

15 declarations

Date	Type	Declaration
May 21, 2025	Flood	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
Jul 9, 2024	Hurricane	HURRICANE BERYL
Feb 19, 2021	Severe Ice Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORMS
Feb 14, 2021	Severe Ice Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Jul 26, 2020	Hurricane	HURRICANE HANNA
Mar 25, 2020	Biological	COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Mar 13, 2020	Biological	COVID-19
Jul 17, 2019	Flood	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
Jul 6, 2018	Flood	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
Jun 11, 2016	Flood	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
Nov 25, 2015	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING
May 29, 2015	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AND FLOODING
Aug 3, 2010	Hurricane	HURRICANE ALEX
Jun 29, 2010	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM ALEX
Sep 10, 2008	Hurricane	HURRICANE IKE
Aug 29, 2008	Hurricane	HURRICANE GUSTAV
Jul 24, 2008	Hurricane	HURRICANE DOLLY
Mar 14, 2008	Fire	WILDFIRES
Aug 18, 2007	Hurricane	HURRICANE DEAN
Jan 11, 2006	Fire	EXTREME WILDFIRE THREAT

Showing 20 of 32 declarations

Flood Insurance (NFIP)

Source: FEMA NFIP

Total Claims

4,379

Total Claims Paid

$117,360,309

Avg Claim Payout

$26,801

County-level NFIP data from FEMA National Flood Insurance Program.

Disaster Recovery Spending

Source: FEMA Public Assistance

Total Federal Spending

$36,231,992

Disasters with PA

Total Projects

503

Disaster	Type	Projects	Federal $
DR-1780	Hurricane	296	$15,761,567
DR-4485	Biological	62	$8,606,282
DR-4223	Severe Storm(s)	28	$5,141,135
DR-1931	Hurricane	73	$3,482,816
DR-4245	Severe Storm(s)	23	$2,798,470
DR-4586	Winter Storm	6	$217,940
DR-4272	Flood	7	$130,861
DR-4798	Tropical Storm	7	$89,319
DR-1606	Hurricane	1	$3,600

Mercedes has a relatively high overall natural hazard risk rating according to FEMA's National Risk Index. The top hazard risks are cold wave, hurricane, hail. The area has had 32 federal disaster declarations. The most common disaster type is hurricane (15 declarations). 4,379 flood insurance claims have been filed in the area. FEMA has obligated $36,231,992 in public assistance recovery funding.