Natural hazards · Marble

Marble, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marble comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2010. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marble?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marble 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 Marble 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 Marble flood?

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

2paid claims since 2010

$18Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20102026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Marble 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Marble

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarbleDeclared for Sequoyah County only

2019

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

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Marble

Marble and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Marble Citymostly inland floodingVery high

Brushymostly 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. Marble 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 Marble’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Marble. 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.