Natural hazards · Brookston

Brookston, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brookston comes from tornadoes, 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 Brookston?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brookston to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes27%Inland flooding27%Drought13%Cold waves11%Hail6%Ice storms6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Brookston faces

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

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Brookston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lamar County.

Disasters that hit Brookston

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrookstonDeclared for Lamar County only

2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2021

Severe Winter Storms

3 households applied for aid

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

Brookston, TX natural hazards

How exposed is Brookston?

What Brookston faces

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Drought

Cold waves

Hail

Ice storms

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Brookston flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

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