Natural hazards · Barnsdall

Barnsdall, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barnsdall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2002. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barnsdall?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barnsdall to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes13%Cold waves8%Wildfire8%Heat waves7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Barnsdall faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Barnsdall flood?

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

1paid claims since 2002

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20022026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Osage County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

12storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Barnsdall

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarnsdallDeclared for Osage County only

2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

306 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved $5.3M to the City of Barnsdall for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

3 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Osage County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

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