Natural hazards · Buna

Buna, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buna comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 2005. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buna?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buna to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes36%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes12%Cold waves8%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Buna faces

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

Hurricanes

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Buna flood?

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

13paid claims since 2005

$807Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20052026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Harvey: 7 claims, $460K
Tropical Storm Paul: 1 claim, $46K
Tropical Storm Imelda: 1 claim, $85K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jasper County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Buna

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BunaDeclared for Jasper County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

180 households applied for aid $451K aid approved

2024

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

114 households applied for aid $391K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

51 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

1,067 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved

2016

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

106 households applied for aid $688K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

1,521 households applied for aid $553K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

3,936 households applied for aid $9.4M aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

Jasper County has had 25 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. Buna covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Buna’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Buna. 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 Buna 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.