Natural hazards · Blackgum

Blackgum, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blackgum 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 Blackgum?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blackgum to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes18%Heat waves15%Wildfire13%Ice storms6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Blackgum faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Blackgum flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Blackgum 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 Blackgum

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlackgumDeclared for Sequoyah County only

Sequoyah County has had 23 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. Blackgum 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 Blackgum’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Blackgum. 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.