Hail Risk by State & County

Ranked by FEMA National Risk Index hail hazard score · code HAIL

Hail risk reflects ice stones from severe thunderstorms that damage property and crops. FEMA's National Risk Index scores each county's hail hazard from its expected annual loss, annualized event frequency, and exposed population. Dallas County, Texas currently leads the nation with a hail score of 100.0 and $128M in expected annual loss. Texas, Colorado, Missouri account for much of the highest-rated hail risk in this dataset.

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Hail Risk by State

#StateExpected Ann. LossAvg. ScoreRatingCounties Rated
1Texas$835M
65.6
High 254 of 254
2Colorado$341M
51.3
Medium 64 of 64
3Nebraska$272M
76.9
High 93 of 93
4Kansas$149M
74.1
High 105 of 105
5Wisconsin$134M
75.2
High 72 of 72
6Iowa$129M
74.2
High 99 of 99
7Minnesota$128M
65.7
High 87 of 87
8Missouri$123M
51.3
Medium 115 of 115
9Oklahoma$120M
74.7
High 77 of 77
10Ohio$97M
66.2
High 88 of 88
11Illinois$86M
58.6
Medium 102 of 102
12Kentucky$67M
49.7
Medium 120 of 120
13Georgia$66M
42.0
Medium 159 of 159
14North Dakota$62M
66.4
High 53 of 53
15Michigan$58M
57.8
Medium 83 of 83
16Mississippi$52M
58.3
Medium 82 of 82
17Indiana$51M
54.0
Medium 92 of 92
18North Carolina$50M
51.2
Medium 100 of 100
19South Dakota$36M
57.2
Medium 66 of 66
20Louisiana$32M
53.2
Medium 64 of 64
21Arkansas$32M
51.9
Medium 75 of 75
22Arizona$29M
42.0
Medium 15 of 15
23Florida$26M
25.2
Low 67 of 67
24Virginia$23M
28.1
Low 133 of 133
25New York$21M
42.6
Medium 62 of 62
26South Carolina$21M
57.7
Medium 46 of 46
27Tennessee$19M
33.4
Low 95 of 95
28California$16M
29.7
Low 58 of 58
29New Mexico$16M
45.4
Medium 33 of 33
30Pennsylvania$15M
31.9
Low 67 of 67
31Maryland$14M
47.5
Medium 24 of 24
32Wyoming$12M
41.5
Medium 23 of 23
33Alabama$10M
36.2
Low 67 of 67
34Montana$9M
26.2
Low 56 of 56
35West Virginia$9M
33.8
Low 55 of 55
36Washington$6M
23.1
Low 39 of 39
37Nevada$5M
17.4
Very Low 17 of 17
38Idaho$4M
16.0
Very Low 44 of 44
39District of Columbia$4M
97.0
Very High 1 of 1
40New Jersey$4M
34.1
Low 21 of 21
41Massachusetts$4M
37.3
Low 14 of 14
42Oregon$4M
21.7
Low 36 of 36
43Maine$3M
32.2
Low 16 of 16
44Connecticut$2M
38.8
Low 9 of 9
45Utah$2M
8.1
Very Low 29 of 29
46New Hampshire$1M
24.9
Low 10 of 10
47Vermont$829K
13.9
Very Low 14 of 14
48Rhode Island$656K
17.0
Very Low 5 of 5
49Delaware$639K
43.5
Medium 3 of 3
50Hawaii$51K
3.6
Very Low 5 of 5
51Alaska$40K
0.7
Very Low 30 of 30

States ranked by total expected annual hail losses; the average score is the mean over all counties, counting unrated counties as zero.

Riskiest Counties for Hail

#CountyStateHail ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1Dallas CountyTX
100.0
Very High 8.92 / yr$128M
2Tarrant CountyTX
100.0
Very High 9.42 / yr$113M
3Bexar CountyTX
99.9
Very High 2.96 / yr$72M
4Collin CountyTX
99.9
Very High 8.79 / yr$97M
5Denver CountyCO
99.9
Very High 8.29 / yr$72M
6Lubbock CountyTX
99.8
Very High 4.93 / yr$35M
7Jefferson CountyCO
99.8
Very High 6.86 / yr$58M
8Arapahoe CountyCO
99.8
Very High 8.62 / yr$64M
9St. Louis CountyMO
99.7
Very High 5.26 / yr$38M
10Oklahoma CountyOK
99.7
Very High 11.21 / yr$27M
11Denton CountyTX
99.7
Very High 9.74 / yr$43M
12Adams CountyCO
99.7
Very High 8.16 / yr$44M
13Hennepin CountyMN
99.6
Very High 6.41 / yr$31M
14El Paso CountyTX
99.6
Very High 0.43 / yr$15M
15Potter CountyTX
99.6
Very High 8.39 / yr$20M
16Maricopa CountyAZ
99.5
Very High 0.28 / yr$24M
17Douglas CountyNE
99.5
Very High 6.87 / yr$24M
18Warren CountyKY
99.5
Very High 3.14 / yr$23M
19Travis CountyTX
99.4
Very High 3.90 / yr$25M
20Jackson CountyMO
99.4
Very High 8.17 / yr$21M
21Hale CountyTX
99.4
Very High 5.75 / yr$16M
22Hinds CountyMS
99.3
Very High 4.16 / yr$13M
23Taylor CountyTX
99.3
Very High 5.65 / yr$19M
24Columbia CountyWI
99.3
Very High 3.64 / yr$21M
25Hidalgo CountyTX
99.2
Very High 0.55 / yr$10M

Showing the top 25 seeded counties for hail risk.