Natural hazards · May

May, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in May comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 May?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in May to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes8%Cold waves7%Drought7%Hail5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What May faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 34 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 May flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brown County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit May

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MayDeclared for Brown County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

29 households applied for aid $38K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $233 aid approved

Brown County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. May 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 May’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to May. 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.