Natural hazards · Byron

Byron, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Byron 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 Byron?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Byron to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding29%Cold waves25%Drought14%Ice storms12%Tornadoes7%Hail5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Byron 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

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 75 times a year in the area

Ice storms

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Byron flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Alfalfa County.

Disasters that hit Byron

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ByronDeclared for Alfalfa County only

Alfalfa County has had 24 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. Byron 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 Byron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Byron. 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.