Tropical Storm Erin
NFIP flood claims
- Texas is the only state listed, with 88.9% of the storm’s paid claims.
- By paid claims (926), Tropical Storm Erin is the 5th lowest of 42 named storms covered here, and the 19th highest of 42 by median paid claim in 2024 dollars.
- Harris County, TX alone accounts for 74.1% of the storm’s paid claims.
- In 2024 dollars (CPI-U), its median paid claim, $27,318, is 7.9% above the middle value of the storm medians ($25,316).
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipClaims (v3, data as of 2026-09-09, retrieved 2026-10-12); CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items (CUUR0000SA0), annual average (BLS Public Data API v1, annual averages 2005-2025, retrieved 2026-10-12). Not an official federal report.
Landfall and storm report
The National Hurricane Center’s HURDAT2 best track of Tropical Storm Erin (AL052007, retrieved 2026-10-12) records 1 landfall, in or near a US county. It came on 2007-08-16 at 10:30 UTC, as a tropical depression with maximum sustained winds of 30 kt: HURDAT2 position 28.0N 96.9W, rounded to 0.1°; county containing or nearest it: Aransas County, TX.
| Date | Time (UTC) | Position | Strength | Wind (kt) | Pressure (mb) | County containing or nearest the position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-08-16 | 10:30 | 28.0N 96.9W | tropical depression | 30 | 1,006 | Aransas County, TX (1.3 km) |
National Hurricane Center report
From the NHC Tropical Cyclone Report on Tropical Storm Erin (retrieved 2026-10-12):
“Erin was a tropical storm that formed in the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall along the Texas coast as a tropical depression.”
“The tropical cyclone directly caused nine fatalities and its remnants caused seven more, mostly as a result of inland flooding due to heavy rainfall.”
NFIP paid building claims in Tropical Storm Erin
NFIP claims: amounts paid, not repair cost. Window: event: Tropical Storm Erin, year of loss 2007; 926 paid claims; median $18,057, half of them between $6,123 (Q1) and $34,249 (Q3), in nominal dollars. Median in 2024 dollars (CPI-U): $27,318, a monetary adjustment, not today’s cost of repair.
Paid claims by year of loss
| Year of loss | Paid claims |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 926 |
Paid claims by state
| State | Paid claims | Median paid |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 823 | $19,442 |
Counties with the most paid claims
| County | FIPS | Paid claims |
|---|---|---|
| Harris County | 48201 | 686 |
Questions about Tropical Storm Erin flood claims
How many flood insurance claims were paid after Tropical Storm Erin?
926 NFIP building claims carrying FEMA’s Tropical Storm Erin event label were paid (event: Tropical Storm Erin, year of loss 2007), with a median of $18,057; half of them fall between $6,123 and $34,249. These are amounts paid, not repair cost.
Which counties had the most Tropical Storm Erin flood claims?
Harris County, TX (686), across 1 state listed.
What is the median Tropical Storm Erin flood claim in 2024 dollars?
$27,318 once each claim is adjusted with the CPI-U, against $18,057 in nominal dollars: a monetary adjustment, not today’s cost of repair.
Related tools
Paid claims of Tropical Storm Erin are not repair estimates: to estimate the cleanup of a flooded basement from published cost-guide rates, use the basement water damage repair cost calculator; for water removal and drying after any water loss, the water damage and mitigation calculator.
To set these figures against every State on one claims window, amounts paid, not repair cost: NFIP paid building claims by state.
Before using these figures
A storm total counts NFIP-insured buildings with a paid claim, not all the damage of the storm. Method and limits.
Source and notice
- Storm = floodEvent "Tropical Storm Erin" with yearOfLoss 2007; window of the extraction: yearOfLoss 2005-2025.
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).