Natural hazards · Damon

Damon, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Damon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Damon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Damon to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding48%Hurricanes28%Tornadoes11%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Damon faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Damon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brazoria County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Damon

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DamonDeclared for Brazoria County only

2024

Hurricane Beryl

302 households applied for aid $515K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

56 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Harvey

258 households applied for aid $420K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

32 households applied for aid $133K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

113 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

16 households applied for aid

2003

Hurricane Claudette

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Brazoria County has had 28 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. Damon 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 Damon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Damon. 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.