Natural hazards · Broaddus

Broaddus, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Broaddus comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Broaddus?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Broaddus to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes13%Strong wind13%Hurricanes12%Heat waves8%Cold waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Broaddus faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Broaddus flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: San Augustine County.

Disasters that hit Broaddus

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BroaddusDeclared for San Augustine County only

2008

Hurricane Ike

91 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

625 households applied for aid $836K aid approved $70K to the Town of Broaddus for repairs

San Augustine County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Broaddus 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 Broaddus’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Broaddus. 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.