Natural hazards · Brookside

Brookside, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brookside comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 383 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brookside?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brookside to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding70%Hurricanes16%Tornadoes9%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Brookside faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Brookside flood?

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

383paid claims since 1979

$30.6Mpaid to owners

57homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 184 claims, $25.4M
Tropical Storm Allison: 40 claims, $999K
Hurricane Chantel: 15 claims, $173K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (12) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brazoria County.

Disasters that hit Brookside

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrooksideDeclared for Brazoria County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

44 households applied for aid $54K aid approved $662K to the City of Brookside for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

8 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

94 households applied for aid $817K aid approved $62K to the City of Brookside for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2008

Hurricane Ike

34 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $447K to the City of Brookside for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

3 households applied for aid $2K to the City of Brookside for repairs

2001

Tx-Tropical Storm Allison-06-06-2001

$17K to the City of Brookside for repairs

Brazoria County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Brookside

Brookside and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brookside Villagemostly inland floodingVery high

Houstonmostly inland floodingVery high

Pearlandmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Brookside covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brookside’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brookside. 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 Brookside total about $1.0M 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.