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Natural hazards in Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres · FEMA

Storms, floods and disasters in Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres

Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres isn’t graded for hazard risk: Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres has 970 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.

Flood claims
0
paid since 1978 · $0
Disasters paid out here
0
of 27 declared for San Patricio County
By hazard

What Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres faces

Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.

Hurricanes

48%of expected building damage
Well above average · in the top 6% of U.S. census tracts
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

River and rain flooding

47%of expected building damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. census tracts
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area
Smaller shares here
 Tornadoes Hail Strong wind Wildfire Coastal flooding Earthquakes Cold waves top 3% Lightning Winter storms Ice storms Heat waves Landslides
FEMA models no building damage here
AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity
People, not buildings.Counting harm to people as well as buildings, FEMA’s model puts drought at 14% of Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres’ expected losses. Drought does little damage to buildings (0.0%), so they aren’t part of the grade.

Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres flood? No paid flood claims on record

FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.

of homes in flood zones are insured
of all homes are insured
No community discount

Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: San Patricio County.
Disasters

The storms Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres remembers

None of the 27 disasters declared for San Patricio County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.

Disasters declared, by decade
Paid out in Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden AcresSan Patricio County only

San Patricio County has had 27 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often hurricanes and tropical storms, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.

Also 1 FEMA wildfire suppression grant (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in San Patricio County, 2025–2025.

Be ready

Get ready for what Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres faces

A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.

Hurricane season
  • The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
  • Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
  • Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
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When the river rises
  • Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
  • Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
  • Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
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Before you buy or rent
  • Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
  • Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
  • Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
When a storm is coming
Forecast and alertsWeather →911, the nearest ERSafety →

Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.

Questions about natural hazards in Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres

Is Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres in a flood zone?

Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In San Patricio County, 32% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 9.0% of all homes do.

How much is flood insurance in Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres?

FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres’ flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.

Storm stories

Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres.

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Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres’ residents lived in the 2020 census; OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.