Natural hazards · Briartown

Briartown, OK natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Briartown?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes11%Wildfire10%Heat waves10%Drought8%Cold waves5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Briartown faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Briartown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Muskogee County.

Disasters that hit Briartown

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BriartownDeclared for Muskogee County only

Muskogee County has had 26 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. Briartown 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 Briartown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Briartown. 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.