Automated baseline from FEMA and NOAA data, release 2026-10.

Concho County, TX

Risk-assessment baseline packet. County FIPS 48095. Release 2026-10, data as of 2026-09-30.

Summary

Plan status as of 2026-09-30: Expired on 2018-02-27. Plan: Concho Valley Council of Governments (FEMA plan 61936), approved 2013-02-27.

Since the plan was approved on 2013-02-27: 4 new hazard declarations (3 incidents) and 118 NOAA Storm Events records; details under "What changed since your last plan".

Highest expected annual loss (FEMA National Risk Index, modeled total; see B1-a): Drought ($1,175,931 a year), Inland Flooding ($508,718) and Hail ($215,342).

The packet's tables are organized by the items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool, Element B (B1-a to B2-c); the summaries below follow the same order.

Download the packet

Full packet as a web page. File manifest (checksums, source versions).

Plan clock

Expired on 2018-02-27

Plan:
Concho Valley Council of Governments (FEMA plan 61936)
Approved:
2013-02-27
Days since expiry:
3,137
Update underway:
none recorded in FEMA's plan tracker

Until a new plan is approved, FEMA mitigation project grants (HMGP, FMA) need a FEMA exception (44 CFR 201.6(a)(3)).

What changed since your last plan (approved 2013-02-27)

New federal declarations:
4 new hazard declarations (3 incidents): EM-3554-TX (Severe Winter Storm), DR-4586-TX (Severe Winter Storms), DR-4781-TX (Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding), DR-4879-TX (Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding); also 2 COVID-19 declarations (not counted)
Storm Events records since approval:
118 records (data through 2026-06-30)
Repetitive loss now:
FMA RL 0, SRL 0 (44 CFR 77.2); any definition: 0
Repeat-flood change:
this release sets the baseline count.

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county

3 jurisdictions. Each row is that jurisdiction's own plan clock.

JurisdictionTypeStatusPlanApprovedExpiresDays to expirynegative = days since expiry
Concho CountyCountyExpired on 2018-02-27Concho Valley Council of Governments (FEMA plan 61936)2013-02-272018-02-27-3,137
Eden cityCityExpired on 2018-02-27Concho Valley Council of Governments (FEMA plan 61936)2013-02-272018-02-27-3,137
Paint Rock townTownExpired on 2018-02-27Concho Valley Council of Governments (FEMA plan 61936)2013-02-272018-02-27-3,137

Plan 61936 lists 23 other participants, named in the Excel file.

State plan status and tribal plans in this state: see the state page.

What the packet contains

Sections in FEMA checklist order; each heading names the review item its tables support. Full tables are in the downloads above.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-a Hazard identification

14 of the 18 National Risk Index hazards apply here.

Not applicable to this county per NRI, with no federal declaration and no Storm Events record since 1996: avalanche, coastal flooding, tsunami and volcanic activity. That is the evidence for leaving them out of the plan.

Highest expected annual loss (NRI, modeled): Drought, Inland Flooding and Hail.

Not covered by NRI (local data needed): dam failure (incl. upstream dams); levee failure; flash flood as its own subtype; ice jams; debris flows; erosion (riverine and coastal); land subsidence and sinkholes; expansive soils.

The state hazard mitigation plan also lists hazards for this county; FEMA asks the plan to explain any hazard it leaves out.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-b Hazard location

  • Cold Wave, Drought, Hail, Heat Wave, Ice Storm, Lightning, Strong Wind and Winter Weather: affects the whole county; national data give no location within it.
  • Earthquake, Hurricane, Landslide, Tornado and Wildfire vary within the county; the packet lists the highest-rated census tracts for each.
  • Inland Flooding: the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is the required location source for flooding. See the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (https://msc.fema.gov) for this county.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-c Hazard extent

Storm Events records for 12 of the 20 NOAA event-type groups mapped to the 18 hazards, with the scale, observed range and worst recorded event for each; the others say which local data are needed.

Worst recorded tornado, hail and thunderstorm wind (the three event types on record since the 1950s; the packet has every group):

  • Hail: 4.5 in hail, 1981-05-15
  • Thunderstorm Wind: 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust, Thunderstorm Wind, 2016-05-26
  • Tornado: EF2 tornado, 2024-05-02, 6.11 mi within this county, 395 yd wide, $0 property; $0 crops (2024 dollars)

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-d Previous occurrences

Federal declarations for this area: 15 declarations covering 8 separate hazard incidents counted in this packet; each with type, dates and county Public Assistance dollars.

New since the last plan (approved 2013-02-27): DR-4879-TX, DR-4781-TX, DR-4586-TX, EM-3554-TX, DR-4485-TX and EM-3458-TX.

10 statewide declarations listed separately.

Hazards with no Storm Events record and no federal declaration are stated as such (8 of 18).

Storm Events history: 373 records (notable ones in the PDF, all of them in the Excel file).

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-e Probability of future events

FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) for each hazard, with a descriptor from a scale defined in the packet.

  • Highly likely: Hail, Lightning and Strong Wind
  • Likely: Cold Wave, Drought, Ice Storm, Inland Flooding, Tornado and Winter Weather
  • Possible: Landslide and Wildfire
  • Unlikely: Earthquake and Hurricane

Historical frequency by intensity band (tornado, hail, wind): 9 bands from Storm Events.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-f Hazards that vary across jurisdictions

Range of census tract risk scores within the area for 14 of the 18 hazards (1 tract; rated tracts only).

3 jurisdictions: plan clock, repeat-flood count, Public Assistance dollars and event records naming the place (starting figures from federal data).

County Public Assistance in B1-d also includes applicants filed under the county that are not matched to a jurisdiction row here (for example county offices and boards filed under their own names, such as a sheriff's office or a conservation board, and state agencies, special districts and nonprofits), so the jurisdiction rows add up to less.

Supports FEMA checklist items B2-a and B2-b Vulnerability and potential impacts

The packet's table gives county-level starting figures; the plan describes impacts for each jurisdiction and its own assets.

Storm Events damage since 2013-02-27: $0 in county-coded records (62 records); $0 reported for the zone (56 zone records). Data through 2026-06-30; nominal dollars.

Local data needed

To gather:

  • Critical facilities and lifelines per hazard
  • A problem statement per jurisdiction per hazard
  • Changes in development in hazard-prone areas since the last approval, or a statement of none (E1-a)
  • Future assets
  • Texas A&M Forest Service TxWRAP for wildfire risk; Texas State Hazard Mitigation Plan hazard list for B1-a exclusions.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-a Vulnerability (county context)

Population 2,289; building value $1,051,211,983 and agriculture value $36,218,551 (total, not at risk).

National Risk Index rating Very Low; social vulnerability Relatively High; community resilience Very Low.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-c Repetitive loss properties

Repetitive-loss properties, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2): 0 repetitive loss, 0 severe repetitive loss. NFIP insurance definition: 0 and 0.

Mitigated 0; insured 0; NFIP data as of 2026-08-02. Counts by occupancy group and for each jurisdiction are in the packet.

Releases

Each release is dated; this is release 2026-10. It was first published 2026-09-30; its files do not change except for dated corrections listed on the changelog (corrected 2026-10-01, 2026-10-02, 2026-10-03, 2026-10-13, 2026-10-17). Later releases will be listed here with what changed between them. All releases.

Cite this

Hazard Plain (2026). Concho County, TX: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-30; County FIPS 48095). Automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/tx/48095/ Built from FEMA OpenFEMA, the FEMA National Risk Index and NOAA NCEI Storm Events; source versions in the packet's Sources list.

Source citations for the plan's bibliography (11)

How this packet is built: methods and sources