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Texas Hurricane Hazard Profile

Hazard Data · Model Version 2.5

Overview

The Texas Gulf Coast, stretching from Brownsville to Beaumont, is exposed to North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico tropical cyclone landfalls. IBTrACS historical track data shows significant hurricane frequency along the upper Texas coast, with Houston-Galveston and Corpus Christi as primary exposure corridors. Storm surge hazard is amplified by the shallow continental shelf bathymetry in the western Gulf.

In the Historical Record

25
federal disaster declarations (1957–2024)
FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations
573
Tropical storm and surge events recorded
NOAA NCEI Storm Events, 1996–present

Counted from the records this platform holds. A figure is shown only where the underlying dataset could be read.

County by County in Texas

What federal records show has happened in each county: storms, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims. The counties below have the longest NOAA storm records in Texas.

All Texas counties

Notable Historical Events

12017 Hurricane Harvey — unprecedented 60+ inches rainfall, $125B total damage (FEMA DR-4332)
22008 Hurricane Ike — CAT 2 at Galveston, $30B+ total damage (FEMA DR-1791)
32020 Hurricane Laura — CAT 4 at TX/LA border (FEMA DR-4559)

Hazard Scoring Approach

Calchis computes a Calchis Hazard Score (0–10) for hurricane hazard at any US address. The score is composed of weighted sub-components derived from federal data sources and published research. All score components are transparent and returned in API responses.

These are hazard scores — physical intensity likelihood only. They do not include property exposure or vulnerability data. We never call a hazard score a risk score. See the full methodology for scoring details.

Analyze Your Address

Enter any Texas address to see location-specific hurricane hazard scoring with full methodology transparency.

Open Live Map — Texas

Data Sources

NOAA National Hurricane Centerwww.nhc.noaa.gov
IBTrACS Best Track Datawww.ncei.noaa.gov
Texas Division of Emergency Managementtdem.texas.gov

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Calchis Hazard Score — derived from federal and academic sources listed above. Property exposure data not included. Not a substitute for professional actuarial assessment. Decision-support intelligence — not a primary alerting or dispatch system. Verify against official sources.