Natural hazards · Burleson

Burleson, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burleson comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 40 claims here since 1985. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burleson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Tornadoes37%Inland flooding37%Cold waves9%Heat waves7%Hail6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Burleson faces

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

Tornadoes

37% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times 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 Burleson flood?

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

40paid claims since 1985

$691Kpaid to owners

8homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 3 claims, $168K
Tropical Storm Allison: 1 claim, $4K
Texas Spring Flooding: 1 claim, $33K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Johnson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

24storm safe rooms built

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Burleson

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurlesonDeclared for Johnson County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

458 households applied for aid $199K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

$4K to the City of Burleson for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$8K to the City of Burleson for repairs

Johnson County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.

Around Burleson

Burleson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Burlesonmostly tornadoesModerate

Fort Worthmostly inland floodingModerate

Crowleymostly inland floodingModerate

Joshuamostly tornadoesLow

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. Burleson covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Burleson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Burleson. 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 Burleson total about $13.3M 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.