Natural hazards · Brushy

Brushy, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brushy comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brushy?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brushy to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding35%Wildfire23%Heat waves15%Tornadoes12%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Brushy faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

23% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Brushy flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$70Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sequoyah County.

Disasters that hit Brushy

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrushyDeclared for Sequoyah County only

Sequoyah County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Brushy

Brushy and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Brushymostly inland floodingVery high

Stoney Pointmostly inland floodingVery high

Akinsmostly inland floodingVery high

Marble Citymostly inland floodingVery high

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. Brushy covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brushy’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Brushy. 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 Brushy total about $2.6M 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.