Natural hazards · Brush

Brush, CO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brush comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1981. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brush?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brush to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Tornadoes9%Cold waves9%Hail5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Brush faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 65 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Brush flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Brush, from FEMA’s records.

10paid claims since 1981

$37Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Brush is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Morgan County.

Disasters that hit Brush

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrushDeclared for Morgan County only

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

7 households applied for aid $782 aid approved

Morgan County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods 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. Brush 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 Brush’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brush. 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.