Nacogdoches County, Texas

What hazards hit Nacogdoches County most?

The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 264 since 1957. The rank column places the county among Texas's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.

How many tornadoes has Nacogdoches County had?

NOAA records 54 tornadoes in Nacogdoches County from 1953 to 2024, the strongest rated EF3, with 4 deaths and 32 injuries recorded in the county. That is 66th of 254 Texas counties by days with tornadoes per 1,000 square miles since 1950. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.

Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 51 tornadoes whose track touched Nacogdoches County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 54: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 6 people, 4 of them in Nacogdoches County.

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Texas.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.

When was the last damaging storm in Nacogdoches County?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the July 8, 2024 tornado ($71,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).

An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down about 1.5 miles southeast of Appleby along County Road 260, where large tree branches were snapped. A path of minor tree damage continued as the tornado tracked to the northwest across the intersection of Appleby Sand Road and Cedar Bluff Road. As the tornado crossed Burt Drive between Village Drive and FM 941, the extent of tree damage increased, where multiple hardwood and softwood trees were snapped. Once the tornado crossed Highway 59 just southwest of Appleby, it appeared to had lifted briefly before touching back down on County Road 112 just west of FM 2864 where more trees were snapped and uprooted. …
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 1200116)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.

The deadliest and costliest records

A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.

Is it getting more frequent?

Records per decade for Nacogdoches County's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).

What time of year?

Records by month in Nacogdoches County. The two busiest months are in violet.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.

Federal disaster declarations for Nacogdoches County

FEMA's register lists 28 declarations that include Nacogdoches County: 15 major disasters, 11 emergencies and 2 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for hurricane (9) and fire (5).

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.

How many floods has Nacogdoches County had?

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 85 flood or flash flood records for Nacogdoches County from 1997 to 2026, on 52 days, with 0 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Nacogdoches County ranks 848th of 2,942 U.S. counties.

The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $4.1 million on 241 claims filed in Nacogdoches County; the most in one year was 70 in 1979. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, as of September 8, 2026; claims by year of loss, payments in the dollars of the year paid. OpenFEMA dataset page.

FEMA's modeled risk for Nacogdoches County

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Nacogdoches County Relatively Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $32.0 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

Counties that share a border with Nacogdoches County

1. Rusk County 971
2. Nacogdoches County 758
3. Cherokee County 752
4. Angelina County 738
5. Shelby County 665
6. San Augustine County 344

Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.

Next

• Tornadoes in TexasEvery Texas tornado since 1950 and the counties with the most per square mile
• Severe thunderstorm wind in TexasThe state's severe thunderstorm wind events, by county, year and month
• The Texas recordEvery hazard in the state, its deadliest events and its federal declarations
• FEMA's risk rating for each hazard in Nacogdoches CountyThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
• Download Nacogdoches County's FEMA declarations (CSV)28 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis