Check a ZIP

Based on FEMA public data, HIDALGO, TX is

EXTREMELY FUCKED

Hidalgo, TX gets a calibrated report score of 99 out of 100. It starts with FEMA's 99/100 overall signal, then checks whether risk is concentrated or broad. Loudest hazards: extreme heat, drought, flooding.

99/100

Calibrated report score

FEMA overall: 99/100 (Relatively High)

Top reasons

  • Extreme heat
  • Drought
  • Flooding

Disaster receipts

32 federal disaster declarations

FEMA declaration history for Hidalgo, TX, 1967-2025. County-level receipt, not a house-level prophecy.

Top chaos flavors

Hurricane15Flood5Severe Storm4Biological2

Most recent

  • 2025 FloodSEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
  • 2024 HurricaneHURRICANE BERYL
  • 2021 Severe Ice StormSEVERE WINTER STORMS

Receipt note

County-specific federal disaster declarations only. Statewide declarations are not smeared across every county.

OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries

What the data says

The FEMA score for extreme heat is 99/100 here, so this is a front-page concern, not a footnote.

Receipt

FEMA National Risk Index (county-level; ZIP matched through Census ZCTA/county relationship)

What to verify

Look at heat-island maps, AC burden, outage history, and whether local cooling centers are actually reachable.

Near your ZIP

PULLING EPA RECEIPTS

Checking the 2024 TRI facility index around ZIP 78595.

FAQ / before you panic

Questions you should probably ask.

Yes. The voice is sarcastic, but the goal is serious: turn public climate, air quality, hazard, and pollution datasets into a readable local risk profile. The joke is the packaging. The data is the point.