Natural hazards · Burkburnett

Burkburnett, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burkburnett comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2009. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burkburnett?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burkburnett to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes32%Inland flooding26%Heat waves12%Hail9%Cold waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Burkburnett faces

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

Tornadoes

32% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Burkburnett flood?

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

2paid claims since 2009

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

Biggest named events

Early summer storms: 1 claim, $1K
Spring Storm: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wichita County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

69storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Burkburnett

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurkburnettDeclared for Wichita County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

69 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $202 aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Wichita County has had 20 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. Burkburnett covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Burkburnett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Burkburnett. 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 Burkburnett total about $2.4M 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.