Natural hazards · Boswell

Boswell, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boswell comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boswell?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boswell to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes31%Inland flooding23%Heat waves15%Drought9%Ice storms6%Cold waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Boswell faces

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

Tornadoes

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 45 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Boswell flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Choctaw County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Boswell

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoswellDeclared for Choctaw County only

2015

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

9 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

15 households applied for aid $32K aid approved

Choctaw County has had 18 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. Boswell 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 Boswell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Boswell. 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.

Boswell, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Boswell?

What Boswell faces

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Drought

Ice storms

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Boswell flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Extreme Wildfire Threat

How to read this page

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