Natural hazards · Bristow

Bristow, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bristow comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1995. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bristow?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bristow to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding22%Tornadoes19%Cold waves16%Heat waves11%Ice storms10%Wildfire9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Bristow faces

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

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bristow flood?

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

1paid claims since 1995

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19952026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Creek County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

115storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Bristow

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BristowDeclared for Creek County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

$164K to the City of Bristow for repairs

2019

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

16 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2015

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

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2012

Freedom and Noble Wildfires

65 households applied for aid $544K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the City of Bristow for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

5 households applied for aid

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$21K to the City of Bristow for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the City of Bristow for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$232K to the City of Bristow for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $3K to the City of Bristow for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$22K to the City of Bristow for repairs

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $13K to the City of Bristow for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Creek County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe 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. Bristow 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 Bristow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bristow. 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.

Bristow, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Bristow?

What Bristow faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Heat waves

Ice storms

Wildfire

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Bristow flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

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

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

Freedom and Noble Wildfires

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

Extreme Wildfire Threat

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

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