Natural hazards · Brownfield

Brownfield, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brownfield comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1994. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brownfield?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brownfield to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and tornadoes.

Cold waves54%Tornadoes15%Inland flooding12%Hail7%Strong wind7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Brownfield faces

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

Cold waves

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Brownfield flood?

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

3paid claims since 1994

$17Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Terry County.

Disasters that hit Brownfield

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrownfieldDeclared for Terry County only

2015

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

$127K to the City of Brownfield for repairs

2010

Hurricane Alex

$4K to the City of Brownfield for repairs

Terry County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.

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. Brownfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brownfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brownfield. 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 Brownfield total about $1.4M 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.