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Natural hazards · Braman

Braman, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Braman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Braman?

82
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Braman to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves16%Tornadoes14%Drought7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Braman faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage
Recorded about 66 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Braman flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BramanDeclared for Kay County only
2024

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

1 household applied for aid
2019

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

8 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$124K to the Town of Braman for repairs
Kay County has had 31 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. Braman 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 Braman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Braman. 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.

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