Storms, floods and disasters in Progreso Lakes
Progreso Lakes isn’t graded for hazard risk: Progreso Lakes has 240 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Progreso Lakes faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
Hurricanes
River and rain flooding
Hail
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.
Does Progreso Lakes flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Progreso Lakes. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Progreso Lakes isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hidalgo County.4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Progreso Lakes
Disasters that paid out in Progreso Lakes itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Progreso Lakes), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2018Severe Storms and Flooding1 households applied for aid$8K aid approved
- 2010Hurricane Alex1 households applied for aid$453 aid approved
- 2008Hurricane Dolly7 households applied for aid$13K aid approved
- 2002Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding2 households applied for aid$957 aid approved
Hidalgo County has had 26 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.
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Add to the Progreso Lakes archive →Get ready for what Progreso Lakes faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- 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.
- 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.
- Park in a garage or under cover when storms are forecast.
- Stay away from windows while it falls.
- Photograph roof and car damage for your insurer.
- 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Progreso Lakes
Is Progreso Lakes 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 Hidalgo County, 3.7% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Progreso Lakes?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Progreso Lakes’ flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Progreso Lakes?
By FEMA money that reached Progreso Lakes, Hurricane Dolly (2008): 7 households applied for aid, $13K approved.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Progreso Lakes.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Progreso Lakes’ 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.