Natural hazards · Kurten

Kurten, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kurten comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kurten?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kurten to be higher than in 10% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding32%Cold waves22%Tornadoes22%Hurricanes8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Kurten faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 32 years in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 13 years 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 Kurten flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brazos County.

Disasters that hit Kurten

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KurtenDeclared for Brazos County only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Brazos County has had 14 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. Kurten 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 Kurten’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kurten. 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.