Natural hazards · Brownsville

Brownsville, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brownsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brownsville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brownsville to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding41%Strong wind35%Tornadoes14%Cold waves5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Brownsville faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Brownsville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Union County.

Disasters that hit Brownsville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrownsvilleDeclared for Union County only

2026

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $64K aid approved

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Union County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Brownsville

Brownsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Abingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Brownsvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Harrisonmostly inland floodingModerate

Waterloomostly inland floodingModerate

Libertymostly inland floodingModerate

Centermostly inland floodingModerate

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