Natural hazards · Heavener

Heavener, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Heavener comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Heavener?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Heavener to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes16%Wildfire12%Heat waves10%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Heavener faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Heavener flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Le Flore County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Heavener

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HeavenerDeclared for Le Flore County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

10 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2019

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

4 households applied for aid

2015

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

7 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $263K aid approved

Le Flore County has had 27 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. Heavener 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 Heavener’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Heavener. 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.