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Jasper County, Texas

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 48241 · 32,975 residents (2021) · 939 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 95Tornado · 58Flood · 44Wind · 194Winter · 5

Jasper County within Texas. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 1 Oct 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

Between 1950 and 2026, NCEI recorded 420 storm events in Jasper County, Texas, led by damaging wind.

That is 44.7 events per 100 square miles, below the Texas figure of 63.3, and 127.4 per 10,000 residents against 56.0 statewide.

7 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 7 deaths and 23 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $373M and crop damage at $44M.

FEMA has designated the county in 32 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Hurricane Beryl (major disaster, 9 Jul 2024).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 228 claims since 1978, of which 174 were paid, totalling $7.5M (about $43K per paid claim). FEMA counts 285 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively Low" and its expected annual loss as "Relatively Low" ($15M a year across 18 hazards).

54 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 6 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

7events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

420events since 19507 deaths, 23 injuries recorded

32disaster declarationslast 9 Jul 2024

228NFIP flood claims$7.5M paid

Compared with Texas and the United States

Measure	Jasper County	Texas	US
Recorded events since 1950	420	165,476	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	44.7	63.3	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	127.4	56.0	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	7	4,723	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	7	2,429	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$373M	$111B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	6.9	13.4	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$43K	$55K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	37.2	24.7	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Hail: 1

Hail: 2Tornado: 1Wind: 1

Hail: 1Tornado: 3Wind: 3

Hail: 6Tornado: 9Wind: 17

Hail: 32Tornado: 14Flood: 6Wind: 37Drought: 4Lightning: 1

Hail: 22Tornado: 9Flood: 9Wind: 64Winter: 2Tropical: 3Heat: 2Drought: 1

Hail: 24Tornado: 19Flood: 17Wind: 47Winter: 3Cold: 1Wildfire: 5Lightning: 1Other: 4

Hail: 7Tornado: 3Flood: 12Wind: 25Lightning: 2

11950s41960s71970s321980s941990s1122000s1212010s492020s

Recorded events in Jasper County by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindWinterTropicalHeatColdDroughtWildfireLightningOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 209 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 173 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Wind194

Hail95

Tornado58

Flood44

Winter5

Drought5

Wildfire5

Lightning4

Other4

Tropical3

Heat2

Cold1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	194	2	0.4%	detail
■ Hail	95	—	0.2%	detail
■ Tornado	58	3	0.6%	detail
■ Flood	44	—	0.3%	detail
■ Winter	5	—	0.1%
■ Drought	5	—	0.0%
■ Wildfire	5	—	0.3%
■ Lightning	4	1	0.4%
■ Other	4	—	0.2%
■ Tropical	3	1	0.5%
■ Heat	2	—	0.0%
■ Cold	1	—	0.0%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
30 Aug 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	45 mph	$5K	—	2	—	County
23 Sep 2005	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$200M	—	1	—	Forecast zone
2 Jan 1999	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$1.3M	—	1	10	County
2 Mar 1999	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$500K	—	1	3	County
13 May 1982	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$250K	—	1	1	County
30 May 1999	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
29 Aug 2017	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$85M	—	—	—	County
12 Sep 2008	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$53M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
10 Feb 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	—	$10K	$40M	—	—	County
30 Apr 2016	Tornado	Tornado	EF2	$50K	—	—	3	County
23 Oct 1997	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$100K	—	—	2	County
9 Mar 2016	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$15M	—	—	—	County
8 Jul 2024	Tornado	Tornado	EF2	$350K	—	—	1	County
27 Apr 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	58 mph	$2K	—	—	1	County
13 Oct 2014	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	—	1	County
9 May 2026	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	—	1	County
9 May 2019	Hail	Hail	2.75 in	$4.5M	—	—	—	County
18 Jun 2011	Wildfire	Wildfire	—	$50K	$2.0M	—	—	Forecast zone
23 Nov 2004	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$250K	$1.0M	—	—	County
23 Nov 2004	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$250K	$1.0M	—	—	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
9 Jul 2024	DR-4798	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Beryl	Individual assistance, Public assistance
17 May 2024	DR-4781	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
19 Feb 2021	DR-4586	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Individual assistance, Public assistance
14 Feb 2021	EM-3554	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
9 Dec 2020	DR-4572	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Laura	Public assistance
24 Aug 2020	EM-3540	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storms Marco And Laura	Public assistance
25 Mar 2020	DR-4485	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3458	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
25 Aug 2017	DR-4332	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Harvey	Individual assistance, Public assistance
11 Jun 2016	DR-4272	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
19 Mar 2016	DR-4266	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
25 Nov 2015	DR-4245	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	Public assistance
29 May 2015	DR-4223	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds And Flooding	Public assistance
1 Jul 2011	DR-1999	Major disaster	Fire	Wildfires	Public assistance
18 Jun 2011	FM-2926	Fire management assistance	Fire	Powerline Fire	Public assistance
13 Sep 2008	DR-1791	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike	Individual assistance, Public assistance
10 Sep 2008	EM-3294	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike	Public assistance
29 Aug 2008	EM-3290	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav	Public assistance
14 Mar 2008	EM-3284	Emergency	Fire	Wildfires	Public assistance
11 Jan 2006	DR-1624	Major disaster	Fire	Extreme Wildfire Threat	Public assistance
24 Sep 2005	DR-1606	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita	Individual assistance, Public assistance
21 Sep 2005	EM-3261	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita	Public assistance
2 Sep 2005	EM-3216	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Public assistance
5 Nov 2002	DR-1439	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding	Individual assistance
9 Jun 2001	DR-1379	Major disaster	Coastal Storm	Tx-Tropical Storm Allison-06-06-2001	Individual assistance, Public assistance
1 Sep 1999	EM-3142	Emergency	Fire	Extreme Fire Hazards	Public assistance
26 Aug 1998	DR-1239	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Charley	—
23 Feb 1996	EM-3117	Emergency	Fire	Extreme Fire Hazard	Public assistance
18 Oct 1994	DR-1041	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Thunderstorms And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
18 Jul 1989	DR-836	Major disaster	Flood	Tropical Storm Allison	Individual assistance, Public assistance
19 May 1989	DR-828	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
11 Jul 1973	DR-398	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Jasper County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 1978228

Paid claims174

Total paid$7.5M

Average paid claim$43K

Repetitive-loss properties224 severe

Residential policies in force2852.4% of 11,723 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2024	15	14	$1,052,386	$75,170
2021	11	11	$308,744	$28,068
2020	1	1	$12,335	$12,335
2019	10	9	$344,537	$38,282
2018	2	1	$26,836	$26,836
2017	67	48	$3,774,237	$78,630
2016	17	13	$571,241	$43,942
2015	7	5	$236,756	$47,351
2013	3	1	$527	$527
2009	1	0	$0	—
2008	10	4	$24,283	$6,071
2007	2	1	$4,889	$4,889
2006	25	22	$772,392	$35,109
2005	7	3	$97,352	$32,451
2004	1	1	$494	$494
2003	1	1	$3,876	$3,876
2002	4	4	$29,717	$7,429
2001	2	2	$36,090	$18,045
1999	2	1	$2,013	$2,013
1998	6	4	$38,417	$9,604
1995	3	3	$15,906	$5,302
1994	4	3	$52,882	$17,627
1993	1	1	$1,282	$1,282
1992	1	1	$5,075	$5,075
1991	1	1	$3,773	$3,773

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskRelatively Lowscore 61.1 of 100

Expected annual loss$15MRelatively Low

Social vulnerabilityVery High

Community resilienceVery Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively Low	$5,382,262
Hurricane	Relatively Moderate	$4,240,078
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	$1,663,593
Cold wave	Relatively Low	$1,215,342
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	$707,707
Heat wave	Relatively Low	$593,944
Lightning	Relatively Moderate	$544,132
Wildfire	Relatively Low	$399,558
Ice storm	Relatively Moderate	$277,954
Hail	Relatively Low	$272,066
Earthquake	Very Low	$71,015
Drought	Relatively Low	$56,785
Winter weather	Relatively Low	$31,175
Landslide	Very Low	$457

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

Tracks within 100 miles54

Tracks within 50 miles17

Hurricane strength within 50 miles6

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Beryl	2024	94 mi	58 mph
Nicholas	2021	95 mi	40 mph
Laura	2020	53 mi	150 mph
Delta	2020	81 mi	98 mph
Barry	2019	52 mi	58 mph
Cindy	2017	22 mi	52 mph
Harvey	2017	56 mi	46 mph
Edouard	2008	70 mi	63 mph
Gustav	2008	71 mi	46 mph
Ike	2008	77 mi	98 mph
Humberto	2007	40 mi	92 mph
Rita	2005	18 mi	115 mph
Lili	2002	98 mi	69 mph
Allison	1989	85 mi	40 mph
Chantal	1989	80 mi	81 mph
Jerry	1989	58 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1987	33 mi	46 mph
Bonnie	1986	41 mi	86 mph
Danny	1985	94 mi	81 mph
Chris	1982	37 mi	63 mph
Claudette	1979	32 mi	52 mph
Debra	1978	84 mi	58 mph
Carmen	1974	86 mi	52 mph
Felice	1970	91 mi	69 mph
Cindy	1963	66 mi	63 mph

HURDAT2 best-track positions at tropical-storm strength (34 kt) or more, measured from the county's Census centre point; through the 2025 season. Distance from a track is not the same as the extent of the storm's wind, rain or surge.

ZIP codes with flood claims

75956 98
77612 75
75951 71
77615 15
75931 6

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Jasper County, TX?

NCEI records 95 hail events in Jasper County since 1950, in 36 different years; that is about 1.2 recorded events a year. 31 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Jasper County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 58 tornadoes in Jasper County since 1950, 10 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 3.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Jasper County?

9 Jul 2024: Hurricane Beryl, a major disaster declaration for hurricane. The county appears in 32 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Jasper County, and how much was paid?

228 NFIP claims since 1978, 174 of them paid, for $7.5M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Jasper County in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Relatively Low" for overall risk, "Relatively Low" for expected annual loss, "Very High" for social vulnerability and "Very Low" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Jasper County compare with the rest of Texas?

44.7 recorded events per 100 square miles against 63.3 statewide, and 6.9 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 13.4. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 1 Oct 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 1 Oct 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.