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Trinity 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 48455 · 13,827 residents (2021) · 694 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 55Tornado · 25Flood · 42Wind · 106Winter · 11

Trinity 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.

The NCEI record lists 276 events for Trinity County, Texas, between 1950 and 2026; damaging wind account for the largest share.

That is 39.8 events per 100 square miles, below the Texas figure of 63.3, and 199.6 per 10,000 residents against 56.0 statewide.

1 event fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 5 deaths and 30 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $50M and crop damage at $7.4M.

FEMA has designated the county in 28 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 140 claims since 1978, of which 131 were paid, totalling $2.5M (about $19K per paid claim). FEMA counts 40 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 "Very Low" ($13M a year across 18 hazards).

40 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 0 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

1events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

276events since 19505 deaths, 30 injuries recorded

28disaster declarationslast 9 Jul 2024

140NFIP flood claims$2.5M paid

Compared with Texas and the United States

Measure	Trinity County	Texas	US
Recorded events since 1950	276	165,476	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	39.8	63.3	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	199.6	56.0	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	1	4,723	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	5	2,429	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$50M	$111B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	10.1	13.4	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$19K	$55K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	67.5	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

Tornado: 2

Hail: 4Tornado: 5Wind: 9

Hail: 21Tornado: 11Flood: 11Wind: 36Winter: 1Tropical: 1Heat: 2Drought: 7Lightning: 1

Hail: 13Tornado: 3Flood: 13Wind: 36Winter: 2Tropical: 4Heat: 4Drought: 2Other: 3

Hail: 3Tornado: 1Flood: 4Wind: 20Winter: 3Other: 1

Hail: 14Tornado: 1Flood: 14Wind: 5Winter: 5Heat: 6Cold: 1Drought: 5

21950s21960s01970s181980s911990s802000s322010s512020s

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

Trend: 109 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 152 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

Wind106

Hail55

Flood42

Tornado25

Drought14

Heat12

Winter11

Tropical5

Other4

Cold1

Lightning1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	106	1	0.2%	detail
■ Hail	55	—	0.1%	detail
■ Flood	42	1	0.3%	detail
■ Tornado	25	1	0.2%	detail
■ Drought	14	—	0.1%
■ Heat	12	—	0.2%
■ Winter	11	—	0.1%	detail
■ Tropical	5	—	0.9%
■ Other	4	—	0.2%
■ Cold	1	1	0.0%
■ Lightning	1	1	0.1%

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
3 Sep 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	—	$1.0M	—	1	2	County
28 Apr 2024	Tornado	Tornado	EF1	$100K	—	1	1	County
15 Feb 2021	Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	Cold	—	$256K	—	1	—	Forecast zone
20 Aug 1996	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
24 Jan 2024	Flash Flood	Flood	—	—	—	1	—	County
30 Apr 1954	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$250K	—	—	13	County
3 Dec 1952	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$25K	—	—	4	County
17 May 1989	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$2.5M	—	—	3	County
12 Sep 2008	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$15M	—	—	1	Forecast zone
6 Jun 2001	Tropical Storm	Tropical	—	$21M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
30 Nov 1996	Tornado	Tornado	F0	$25K	—	—	2	County
9 May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	75 mph	$40K	—	—	1	County
2 May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	60 mph	$8K	—	—	1	County
22 Jan 2017	Strong Wind	Wind	45 mph	$3K	—	—	1	Forecast zone
25 Jan 2026	Winter Weather	Winter	—	—	—	—	1	Forecast zone
1 Aug 1998	Drought	Drought	—	$1.0M	$7.3M	—	—	Forecast zone
1 May 2024	Flood	Flood	—	$2.7M	—	—	—	County
19 Jan 1990	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$2.5M	—	—	—	County
23 Sep 2005	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$1.0M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
1 Jan 1999	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$750K	—	—	—	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
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
11 Jun 2016	DR-4272	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
9 Feb 2016	DR-4255	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter 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	Individual assistance, Public assistance
1 Jul 2011	DR-1999	Major disaster	Fire	Wildfires	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
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
1 Feb 2003	EM-3171	Emergency	Other	Loss Of The Space Shuttle Columbia	Public 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
21 Oct 1998	DR-1257	Major disaster	Flood	Tx-Flooding 10/18/98	Individual assistance, 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
26 Dec 1991	DR-930	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Thunderstorms	Individual assistance, Public assistance
2 May 1990	DR-863	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance
19 May 1989	DR-828	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual 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 Trinity County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 1978140

Paid claims131

Total paid$2.5M

Average paid claim$19K

Repetitive-loss properties123 severe

Residential policies in force400.5% of 7,676 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2025	4	4	$75,050	$18,762
2024	14	14	$454,005	$32,429
2021	1	1	$28,150	$28,150
2018	5	5	$185,423	$37,085
2017	3	2	$56,856	$28,428
2016	3	3	$62,493	$20,831
2015	2	2	$80,000	$40,000
2010	1	0	$0	—
2007	5	4	$93,123	$23,281
2004	3	3	$64,783	$21,594
2003	3	3	$21,232	$7,077
2002	6	6	$75,525	$12,588
2001	16	14	$295,956	$21,140
1999	9	7	$120,208	$17,173
1998	8	8	$110,038	$13,755
1995	1	1	$232	$232
1994	12	12	$159,499	$13,292
1993	8	8	$114,416	$14,302
1992	4	4	$19,700	$4,925
1991	19	18	$321,893	$17,883
1990	5	4	$108,543	$27,136
1983	2	2	$27,731	$13,865
1981	2	2	$26,905	$13,452
1979	4	4	$30,250	$7,563

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 60.6 of 100

Expected annual loss$13MVery Low

Social vulnerabilityVery High

Community resilienceVery Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Cold wave	Relatively High	$4,885,372
Inland flooding	Relatively Low	$2,938,296
Hurricane	Relatively Moderate	$1,940,171
Tornado	Relatively Low	$1,202,255
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	$885,048
Lightning	Relatively High	$495,312
Heat wave	Relatively Low	$264,003
Ice storm	Relatively Moderate	$109,667
Wildfire	Relatively Low	$104,296
Hail	Very Low	$48,271
Earthquake	Very Low	$40,469
Winter weather	Relatively Low	$20,408
Landslide	Very Low	$102

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 miles40

Tracks within 50 miles12

Hurricane strength within 50 miles0

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Beryl	2024	38 mi	58 mph
Cindy	2017	87 mi	46 mph
Edouard	2008	79 mi	46 mph
Ike	2008	43 mi	98 mph
Rita	2005	71 mi	75 mph
Allison	1989	63 mi	40 mph
Chantal	1989	60 mi	58 mph
Jerry	1989	50 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1987	57 mi	46 mph
Bonnie	1986	30 mi	75 mph
Alicia	1983	65 mi	92 mph
Claudette	1979	75 mi	46 mph
Felice	1970	85 mi	46 mph
Cindy	1963	70 mi	58 mph
Debra	1959	34 mi	58 mph
Bertha	1957	76 mi	46 mph
Barbara	1954	99 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1949	11 mi	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1947	91 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1947	92 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1945	80 mi	46 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1943	80 mi	86 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1942	43 mi	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1941	32 mi	75 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1940	41 mi	58 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

75862 190

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 Trinity County, TX?

NCEI records 55 hail events in Trinity County since 1950, in 19 different years; that is about 0.7 recorded events a year. 22 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Trinity County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 25 tornadoes in Trinity County since 1950, 8 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 1.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Trinity County?

9 Jul 2024: Hurricane Beryl, a major disaster declaration for hurricane. The county appears in 28 declarations since 1953.

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

140 NFIP claims since 1978, 131 of them paid, for $2.5M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Trinity 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, "Very 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 Trinity County compare with the rest of Texas?

39.8 recorded events per 100 square miles against 63.3 statewide, and 10.1 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.