Maverick County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Maverick County: 7.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Costliest events since 1996

1. Apr 24, 2007Tornado$80.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A supercell thunderstorm formed in the Mexican mountains west of Piedras Negras, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass. Reports from west of the Rio Grande indicate that a large and devastating tornado stuck Piedras Negras from the west, then dissipated on the west side of the Rio Grande. The supercell crossed the Rio Grande near 6:00 pm CST and struck the community of Rosita Valley near 6:01pm CST. Severe outflow winds from the storm estimated at between 80 mph and 100 mph struck the community first, causing minor damage to houses and mobile homes. Roofs were partially lifted, exteriors of homes were damaged, and trees were knocked over. Following the wind damage, hail to the…

2. Jul 16, 2026Flash Flood$3.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain in northern Maverick County caused flooding. Minor damage was reported to 3 homes. Total damage to public infrastructure amounted to $3.8 million.

3. Oct 5, 2004Flash Flood$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rain over the central part of Maverick County from Quemado to Eagle Pass to El Indio caused severe flash flooding. Rainfall varied generally from 2 to 3 inches, with up to 6 inches in the city of Eagle Pass. Nearly 50 homes were evacuated in the northern part of Eagle Pass around 0500 CST, with some four dozen persons being taken to shelters as a result of the flooding. Several high water rescues were performed in Eagle Pass as flash flooding closed city and rural streets alike. In addition to the house damage, fences were destroyed and an in-ground swimming pool was lifted out of its bed and floated onto a playground. Among the flooded-out roads were SH277 and FM1021.

4. Jun 19, 2014Flash Flood$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding in and around Quemado. Houses were flooded in Quemado and FM 1908 east of the town was closed due to flooding. In the Quemado area, 1 house had major damage while 35 others reported minor damage. Similar numbers were reported around the Elm Creek area. The State of Texas reported that over 60 tons of debris was removed out of the Quemado and Elm Creek subdivisions. Some roads remained closed for days while repairs were made. Total estimates of loss are over 1 million dollars with regards to home and road repair, along with debris removal efforts.

5. Oct 8, 2015Flash Flood$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Flooding was first reported in Eagle Pass at 9:32 PM and the emergency manager began evacuating people from low lying areas in the city. By 11:30 PM several evacuations and swift water rescues had been reported and many creeks were out of their banks including Eagle Pass, Seco, and Elm. At one point, the city of Eagle pass was reporting 90 water rescues with multiple streets flooded. 60 people were left homeless according to reports. Two flash flood fatalities were reported, both male, a 43 year old and a 79 year old.

6. May 14, 2006Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Severe thunderstorm winds struck from west of Carrizo Springs into Maverick County. As the storms moved southward, they knocked over trees and blew down power lines from west of Carrizo Springs to El Indio and southward to the Aerostat site. The wind damage was most severe in the El Indio area where widespread damage to roofs was indicated.

7. Apr 29, 2009Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   There were power outages in Eagle Pass associated with thunderstorm wind damage.

8. Apr 4, 2004Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorms produced general 1 inch rainfall in the central part of the county, with up to 6 inches south and east of Eagle Pass. City streets were flooded in Eagle Pass, with numerous cars stranded and their occupants forced to wait for rescue. Several homes were flooded along canals.

9. Mar 19, 2002Hail$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Large hail, propelled by winds of 35 to 40 knots, damaged roofs and knocked over trees in the Quemado area.

10. May 12, 1999Thunderstorm Wind$100,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Trees were blown down by severe winds at the Fish Hatchery at Uvalde. In the Quemado area, severe winds uprooted trees and damaged trailers. Heavy rain fell shortly afterward in the Eagle Pass area, with rainfall totals of up to 4 inches. This caused low water crossing to flood very quickly. The Eagle Pass Police Department reported 3 motorists were stranded in their vehicles and had to be rescued. In Frio County, the Sheriff's Department reported trees and power lines blown down by severe winds in the Pearsall area.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

114°F2 times, most recently Jun 22, 2023

All-time low

10°FDec 23, 1989

Warmest night

86°FSep 12, 1912

Coldest day

27°FJan 31, 1951

Wettest day

11.48 inOct 14, 2013

Snowiest day

3.0 inNov 24, 1957

Hottest year

1962mean 74.0°F

Coldest year

1976mean 68.1°F

Wettest year

197141.21 in

Driest year

20198.27 in

Snowiest season

3.0 in1957-58

Station Carrizo Springs 3S (USC00411486), 613 ft elevation, 39.6 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1912 to October 22, 2026; 94.4% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00411486.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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