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Broken Arrow, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Broken Arrow comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 108 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Broken Arrow?

59
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Broken Arrow to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding47%Heat waves24%Tornadoes12%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Broken Arrow faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

24% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Broken Arrow flood?

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

108paid claims since 1979
$3.8Mpaid to owners
15homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Early summer storms: 6 claims, $598K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (6) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Broken Arrow is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Tulsa County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

263storm safe rooms built
4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Broken Arrow

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Broken ArrowDeclared for Tulsa County only
2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

$711K to the City of Broken Arrow for repairs
2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

77 households applied for aid $300 aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

135 households applied for aid $32K aid approved
2019

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

114 households applied for aid $118K aid approved $2.0M to the City of Broken Arrow for repairs
2015

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

98 households applied for aid $115K aid approved $172K to the City of Broken Arrow for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$87K to the City of Broken Arrow for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$172K to the City of Broken Arrow for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$2.5M to the City of Broken Arrow for repairs
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

$7K to the City of Broken Arrow for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$49K to the City of Broken Arrow for repairs
Tulsa County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Broken Arrow

Broken Arrow and the towns around it

Tulsa: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBixby: High, mostly inland floodingCoweta: Very high, mostly inland floodingFair Oaks: High, mostly inland floodingTurley: High, mostly inland floodingJenks: High, mostly inland floodingOakhurst: High, mostly inland floodingSapulpa: High, mostly inland floodingSand Springs: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCatoosa: Low, mostly inland floodingSperry: High, mostly inland floodingGlenpool: Low, mostly heat wavesLeonard: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBroken Arrow: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Broken ArrowTulsaBixbyCoweta
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cowetamostly inland floodingVery high
Bixbymostly inland floodingHigh
Broken Arrowmostly inland floodingModerate
Tulsamostly inland floodingModerate
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. Broken Arrow covers 37 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Broken Arrow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Broken Arrow. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Broken Arrow total about $47.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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