Natural hazards · Benbrook

Benbrook, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Benbrook comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 55 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Benbrook?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Benbrook to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes19%Hail14%Heat waves6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Benbrook faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Hail

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Benbrook flood?

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

55paid claims since 1979

$707Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Fall 2018 Texas Flooding: 1 claim, $2K
Early summer storms: 1 claim, $36K
Hurricane Chantel: 1 claim, $3K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 20% off flood insurance. Benbrook is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 6) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Tarrant County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

39storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Benbrook

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BenbrookDeclared for Tarrant County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

186 households applied for aid $49K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

1 household applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Tarrant County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Benbrook

Benbrook and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Benbrookmostly inland floodingHigh

Fort Worthmostly 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. Benbrook covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Benbrook’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Benbrook. 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 Benbrook total about $8.2M 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.