Natural hazards · Gause

Gause, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gause comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gause?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gause to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes21%Cold waves12%Hurricanes11%Hail5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Gause faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Gause flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Milam County.

Disasters that hit Gause

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GauseDeclared for Milam County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

11 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Milam County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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. Gause 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 Gause’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Gause. 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.