Natural hazards · Belfonte

Belfonte, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belfonte comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Belfonte?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belfonte to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding28%Heat waves21%Tornadoes16%Wildfire15%Cold waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Belfonte faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Wildfire

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Belfonte flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sequoyah County.

Disasters that hit Belfonte

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Sequoyah County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Belfonte itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BelfonteDeclared for Sequoyah County only

Sequoyah County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Belfonte

Belfonte and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Belfontemostly inland floodingHigh

Longmostly inland floodingHigh

Nicutmostly inland floodingHigh

Shortmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Belfonte covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Belfonte’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Belfonte. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Belfonte total about $1.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.