Presidio County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Presidio County: 0.
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.

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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.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

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.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jul 24, 1996Thunderstorm Wind$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A wet microburst centered over eastern Presidio caused extensive damage over portions of the city. The winds destroyed 7 mobile homes and damged up to 50 homes, businesses, and a school. Wind estimates put the speeds at up to 100 mph in the worst damage. Eight families were left homeless after the storm. Power was out for about 5 1/2 hours in parts of the city. About 3/4 inch of rain fell in 15 minutes during the storm. A survey of the damage path revealed a strongly divergent pattern with damage on the east side of the center pushed to the southeast and damage on the west side pushed to the northwest or west.

2. Sep 9, 2008Flash Flood$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   On September 9, the levees near Redford, TX failed. This resulted in water covering the entire city of Redford. A high water rescue was reported near Alamito Creek.||Heavy rain made matters worse by September 14. Flash flooding was occurring in the city of Presidio and border patrol closed the International Bridge on September 16. The Mexican side of the bridge was covered in water and levels continue to rise. Water also topped the levees near Presidio Golf Course on the 16th and 17th. Border patrol reported that nearly 15 feet of water was located in the fields near the golf course, with 3 to 4 feet of water covering the golf course itself.||The International Boundary and Water…

3. Jul 2, 2002Thunderstorm Wind$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A severe thunderstorm produced damaging outflow winds in Presidio. A warehouse was destroyed and four homes lost roofs. Small hail collected up to 6 inches deep in some locations around town. Slightly larger hail occurred approximately 30 minutes later, around 615 PM CDT, as the main core of the severe thunderstorm moved over the community.

4. Jun 3, 2005Hail$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hen egg size hail mixed with smaller hailstones to produce damage to roofs and vehicles in Marfa. This hail occurred during the second of two severe storms to impact the Marfa vicinity during the late evening and early morning hours of the 2nd and 3rd.

5. Jun 20, 2002Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Texas Department of Transportation reported flash flooding resulting in high water in homes and businesses...as well as street flooding in the city of Presidio.

6. Jun 3, 2005Hail$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Large hail fell over Marfa again as a second severe storm affected the area shortly after midnight CST. Reports indicated that hail up to the size of half-dollars persisted for nearly twenty-five minutes. The long duration of one and a half inch diameter hail and occasionally larger stones, resulted in damage to numerous roofs and vehicles.

7. Jun 2, 2005Hail$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The first of two hail storms to affect the Marfa area struck at 23:00 CST. Large hail ranging in size from ping pong balls to golfballs fell along U.S. Highway 67 near the city. This initial storm is believed to be responsible for minor roof damage, however, a more significant hail storm impacted Marfa just an hour later and likely produced a majority of the damage.

8. Jun 10, 2002Flash Flood$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A local radio station reported that two vehicles were stranded in high water which resulted from flash flooding on Highway 67.

9. Apr 3, 2004Hail$20,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tennis ball size hail resulted in car and camper damage in extreme southern portions of Presidio County.

10. Apr 3, 2004Hail$20,000

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.

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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.
• 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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