Natural Disasters in Seabrook, TX

Hazard risk, disaster history, and FEMA data

Natural Hazard Risk

Source: FEMA National Risk Index

Risk Score

99.9

Very High

Expected Annual Loss

99.9

Score (0-100)

Social Vulnerability

67.9

Score (0-100)

Community Resilience

17.9

Score (0-100)

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

Disaster History & Federal Spending

Source: FEMA

Total Declarations

Public Assistance

$2.4B

Individual Assistance

$114.7M

Most Common Type

Hurricane

12 declarations

Disaster	Type	Date	PA $	IA $
Hurricane Beryl →	Hurricane	Jul 2024	$101.7M	$29.3M
Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding →	Flood	May 2024	$46.4M	$1.4M
Severe Winter Storms →	Severe Ice Storm	Feb 2021	$9.9M	$2.1M
Severe Winter Storm →	Severe Ice Storm	Feb 2021	—	—
Tropical Storms Marco and Laura →	Hurricane	Aug 2020	$1.3M	—
Hurricane Hanna →	Hurricane	Jul 2020	—	—
Covid-19 Pandemic →	Biological	Mar 2020	$596.4M	$4.6M
Covid-19 →	Biological	Mar 2020	—	—
Tropical Storm Imelda →	Flood	Oct 2019	—	$57K
Hurricane Harvey →	Hurricane	Aug 2017	$1.2B	$35.9M
Severe Storms and Flooding →	Flood	Jun 2016	$423K	$12K
Severe Storms and Flooding →	Flood	Apr 2016	$20.6M	$59K
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding →	Severe Storm	Nov 2015	—	$17K
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds and Flooding →	Severe Storm	May 2015	$12.0M	$748K
Wildfires →	Fire	Sep 2011	$3K	—
Forest Brook Fire →	Fire	Jun 2011	—	—
Hurricane Ike →	Hurricane	Sep 2008	$396.4M	$32.9M
Hurricane Ike →	Hurricane	Sep 2008	—	—
Hurricane Gustav →	Hurricane	Aug 2008	—	—
Tropical Storm Erin →	Severe Storm	Oct 2007	—	$484K

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PA = FEMA Public Assistance (infrastructure recovery). IA = Individual Assistance (homeowner/renter aid).

Flood Insurance (NFIP)

Source: FEMA NFIP

Total Claims

170,766

Total Claims Paid

$8,759,890,061

Avg Claim Payout

$51,298

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

Hazard Mitigation

Source: FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Mitigation Projects

Federal Funding

$199,999,576

Properties Protected

896

Avg Benefit-Cost Ratio

3.48

BCR

Top Mitigation Project Types

Project Type	Projects	Federal $
601.1: Generators	12	$1,259,271
91.1: Local Multihazard Mitigation Plan	11	$367,260
205.8: Retrofitting Public Structures - Wind	11	$35,302,394
206.2: Safe Room (Tornado and Severe Wind Shelter) - Public Structures	4	$0
400.1: Utility Protective Measures (Electric, Gas, etc.)	4	$3,521,540

Federally funded projects to reduce future disaster risk. Only includes completed or obligated projects.

Seabrook has a very high overall natural hazard risk rating according to FEMA's National Risk Index. The top hazard risks are hurricane, tornado, cold wave. The area has had 41 federal disaster declarations. The most common disaster type is hurricane (12 declarations). 170,766 flood insurance claims have been filed in the area. FEMA has obligated $2,382,741,781 in public assistance recovery funding. $114,675,693 has been distributed in individual assistance to disaster-affected residents. 76 hazard mitigation projects have been funded to reduce future risk.