Natural hazards · Branson

Branson, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Branson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Branson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Branson to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding52%Wildfire18%Cold waves7%Drought7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Branson faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 144 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Branson flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Branson.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Branson isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Las Animas County.

Disasters that hit Branson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Branson itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Branson.

Brought FEMA money into BransonDeclared for Las Animas County only

2006

Snow

$2K to the Town of Branson for repairs

Las Animas County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and winter storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Branson is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Branson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Branson. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.