Natural hazards · Bridge

Bridge, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridge comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2,363 claims here since 1979. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bridge?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridge to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes45%Inland flooding25%Tornadoes10%Coastal flooding6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Bridge faces

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

Hurricanes

45% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 81 years in the area

Coastal flooding

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Bridge flood?

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

2,363paid claims since 1979

$245Mpaid to owners

479homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 1,437 claims, $183M
Hurricane Harvey: 601 claims, $56.2M
Heavy rains: 46 claims, $509K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 8 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (110) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Bridge is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Orange County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

39flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

5homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Bridge

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgeDeclared for Orange County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

222 households applied for aid $191K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

55 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $6K to the City of Bridge for repairs

2020

Hurricane Laura

$173K to the City of Bridge for repairs

2019

Tropical Storm Imelda

18 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

2,115 households applied for aid $3.2M aid approved $1.3M to the City of Bridge for repairs

2016

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid

2008

Hurricane Ike

4,132 households applied for aid $33.3M aid approved $4.4M to the City of Bridge for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

$21K to the City of Bridge for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

4,525 households applied for aid $9.1M aid approved $364K to the City of Bridge for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $90K aid approved

2001

Tx-Tropical Storm Allison-06-06-2001

$2K to the City of Bridge for repairs

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

Around Bridge

Bridge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Orangemostly hurricanesVery high

Bridge Citymostly hurricanesVery high

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