Natural hazards · Bragg

Bragg, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bragg comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2011. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bragg?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bragg to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and drought.

Earthquakes50%Drought19%Tornadoes10%Inland flooding6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Bragg faces

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

Earthquakes

50% of expected damage

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

Drought

19% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Bragg flood?

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

2paid claims since 2011

$22Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $22K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pemiscot County.

Disasters that hit Bragg

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BraggDeclared for Pemiscot County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

Pemiscot 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. Bragg 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 Bragg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bragg. 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.

Bragg, MO natural hazards

How exposed is Bragg?

What Bragg faces

Earthquakes

Drought

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Bragg flood?

Biggest named events

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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