Natural hazards · Briggs

Briggs, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Briggs comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Briggs?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Briggs to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes22%Cold waves10%Drought8%Wildfire7%Heat waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Briggs faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 73 times a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Briggs flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burnet County.

Disasters that hit Briggs

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BriggsDeclared for Burnet County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

16 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Burnet County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Briggs 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 Briggs’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Briggs. 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.