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Natural hazards · Bixby

Bixby, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bixby comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 230 claims here since 1980. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bixby?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding57%Heat waves20%Tornadoes10%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Bixby 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 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

20% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places
Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Bixby flood?

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

230paid claims since 1980
$4.0Mpaid to owners
14homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Early summer storms: 9 claims, $447K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bixby isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Tulsa County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

38flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
24storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Bixby

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BixbyDeclared for Tulsa County only
2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

67 households applied for aid $196K aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

30 households applied for aid $17K aid approved
2019

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

39 households applied for aid $113K aid approved $516K to the City of Bixby for repairs
2015

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

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$17K to the City of Bixby for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$211K to the City of Bixby for repairs
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

$1K to the City of Bixby for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$87K to the City of Bixby for repairs
Tulsa County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Bixby

Bixby and the towns around it

Jenks: High, mostly inland floodingBroken Arrow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTulsa: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGlenpool: Low, mostly heat wavesLeonard: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSapulpa: High, mostly inland floodingCoweta: Very high, mostly inland floodingFair Oaks: High, mostly inland floodingTurley: High, mostly inland floodingOakhurst: High, mostly inland floodingSand Springs: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCatoosa: Low, mostly inland floodingSperry: High, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Very high, mostly inland floodingMounds: High, mostly inland floodingBixby: High, mostly inland flooding BixbyJenksBroken ArrowTulsaGlenpoolLeonard
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bixbymostly inland floodingHigh
Jenksmostly inland floodingHigh
Broken Arrowmostly inland floodingModerate
Leonardmostly inland floodingModerate
Tulsamostly inland floodingModerate
Glenpoolmostly heat wavesLow
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. Bixby covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bixby’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bixby. 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 Bixby total about $14.6M 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.

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