Natural hazards · Moffett

Moffett, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moffett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2019. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Moffett?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moffett to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Drought12%Heat waves12%Tornadoes10%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Moffett faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 47 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Moffett flood?

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

4paid claims since 2019

$431Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20192026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Moffett 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 Moffett

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MoffettDeclared for Sequoyah County only

2019

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

81 households applied for aid $761K aid approved

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the Town of Moffett for repairs

Sequoyah County has had 23 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. Moffett 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 Moffett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Moffett. 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.