Natural hazards · Bearden

Bearden, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bearden comes from drought, and overall the risk is very high 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 Bearden?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bearden to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and wildfires.

Drought39%Wildfire18%Inland flooding14%Tornadoes7%Heat waves6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Bearden faces

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

Drought

39% of expected damage

Recorded about 38 times a year in the area

Wildfire

18% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Bearden flood?

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

Disasters that hit Bearden

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeardenDeclared for Okfuskee County only

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

1 household applied for aid

Okfuskee County has had 29 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. Bearden 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 Bearden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bearden. 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.