Natural hazards · Byars

Byars, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Byars comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Byars?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Byars to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding29%Tornadoes24%Wildfire11%Cold waves11%Drought8%Heat waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Byars faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 35 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Byars flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McClain County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Byars

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ByarsDeclared for McClain County only

2015

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

5 households applied for aid

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $643 aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$10K to the Town of Byars for repairs

McClain County has had 35 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. Byars 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 Byars’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Byars. 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.