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Natural hazards · Browning

Browning, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Browning comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Browning?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Browning to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes20%Drought13%Cold waves9%Heat waves6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Browning faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage
Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Browning flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Browning isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Linn County.
Disasters that hit Browning

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrowningDeclared for Linn County only
2015

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

$8K to the City of Browning for repairs
2014

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

$51K to the City of Browning for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$1K to the City of Browning for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $10K aid approved $8K to the City of Browning for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
Linn County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice 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. Browning 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 Browning’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Browning. 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.

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