Natural hazards · Beaumont

Beaumont, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beaumont comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5,480 claims here since 1978. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Beaumont?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beaumont to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes46%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes16%Cold waves7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Beaumont faces

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

Hurricanes

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Beaumont flood?

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

5,480paid claims since 1978

$207Mpaid to owners

604homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Imelda: 1,077 claims, $95.5M
Tropical Storm Allison: 845 claims, $14.7M
Hurricane Harvey: 752 claims, $58.1M

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 11 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (193) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Beaumont is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

157flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

32homes raised above flood level

14buildings retrofitted against wind

6buildings floodproofed

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Beaumont

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeaumontDeclared for Jefferson County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

11,723 households applied for aid $8.5M aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

3,262 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved $113K to the City of Beaumont for repairs

2020

Hurricane Laura

$853K to the City of Beaumont for repairs

2019

Tropical Storm Imelda

6,927 households applied for aid $21.7M aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

35,993 households applied for aid $62.7M aid approved $68.1M to the City of Beaumont for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

42,079 households applied for aid $16.4M aid approved $25.6M to the City of Beaumont for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

$1.2M to the City of Beaumont for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

72,738 households applied for aid $136M aid approved $12.1M to the City of Beaumont for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$58K to the City of Beaumont for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

2,895 households applied for aid $6.7M aid approved

2001

Tx-Tropical Storm Allison-06-06-2001

$124K to the City of Beaumont for repairs

Jefferson County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

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. Beaumont covers 33 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Beaumont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Beaumont. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Beaumont total about $66.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.