Natural hazards · Brayton

Brayton, IA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brayton comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brayton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brayton to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought34%Inland flooding21%Cold waves17%Tornadoes14%Strong wind6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Brayton faces

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

Drought

34% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Brayton flood?

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

Disasters that hit Brayton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BraytonDeclared for Audubon County only

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$2K to the City of Brayton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $910 to the City of Brayton for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

Audubon County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Brayton 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 Brayton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brayton. 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.

Brayton, IA natural hazards

How exposed is Brayton?

What Brayton faces

Drought

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Brayton flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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