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Hurricane Harvey (2017)
Harvey in the federal records: the 214 cities near its track, flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and NWS reports.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Harvey (2017) passed within 75 miles of 214 cities on this site in 2 states, 22 of them while it was at hurricane strength. Its peak wind on the NHC track was 132 mph (Category 4); the track runs from August 16, 2017 to September 2, 2017. It is on this list for the 3rd most flood insurance claims of any tropical system on record. The most cities within 75 miles were in Texas (149) and Louisiana (65).
- Cities within 75 mi
- 214
- Peak wind
- 132 mph
- NFIP claims
- 92,398
- Deaths in NWS reports
- 13
22 at hurricane strength
Category 4
$9.04 billion
343 reports
The full track, landfalls and every city it passed →
Where it came closest
| City | Closest | Wind on the track | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Aransas, TX | 15 mi | Category 4 (132 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
| Aransas Pass, TX | 16 mi | Category 3 (129 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
| Ingleside, TX | 20 mi | Category 3 (129 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 36 mi | Category 3 (129 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
| Rockport, TX | 5 mi | Category 3 (127 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
| Gregory, TX | 22 mi | Category 3 (125 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
| Portland, TX | 25 mi | Category 3 (125 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
| Kingsville, TX | 67 mi | Category 3 (124 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
| Bishop, TX | 59 mi | Category 3 (123 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
| Taft, TX | 23 mi | Category 3 (121 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
| Sinton, TX | 27 mi | Category 3 (121 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
| Odem, TX | 35 mi | Category 3 (121 mph) | August 26, 2017 |
The 12 cities with the strongest wind on the NHC best track at its closest point, of 214 within 75 miles. Wind on the track is not the wind felt in the city.
Flood insurance claims and federal declarations
National Flood Insurance Program policyholders filed 92,398 claims under its name and were paid $9.04 billion for buildings and contents, in the dollars of the time; that is the 3rd most of the 104 tropical systems with claims under their name. Texas had 91,872 of them (99%), then Louisiana with 526. Among the cities on this site, the most claims came from Houston, TX: 34,117, paid $3.55 billion. Claims data as of September 8, 2026. FEMA issued 2 major disaster declarations and 1 emergency declaration naming it, covering 85 designated areas in Louisiana and Texas; the first came on August 25, 2017.
| City | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Houston, TX | 34,117 | $3.55 billion |
| Port Arthur, TX | 3,165 | $389.6 million |
| Port Aransas, TX | 3,067 | $142.3 million |
| Orange, TX | 2,719 | $295.3 million |
| Dickinson, TX | 2,584 | $317.6 million |
| Rockport, TX | 2,298 | $46.5 million |
| Beaumont, TX | 2,109 | $221.5 million |
| Bellaire, TX | 2,087 | $223.5 million |
FEMA, OpenFEMA FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3 (claims whose flood event carries the storm's name, ZIP codes summed by city) and Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What the National Weather Service recorded
The National Weather Service logged 343 reports whose account names it, in 15 states: 142 flash flood, 39 thunderstorm wind, 34 tropical storm, 28 tornado and 24 marine thunderstorm wind. They record 13 deaths and 70 injuries, and $14.66 billion in estimated property and crop damage.
August 27, 2017, Boy, Texas: flash flood, 4 killed, $7.00 billion damage
NWS: “Tropical Storm Harvey brought heavy rains and catastrophic flooding to portions of Montgomery County. There were 5 storm related fatalities, 3 direct.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, reports dated within the storm's track whose account names it. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses; some reports are unverified.
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