Natural hazards · Muldrow

Muldrow, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Muldrow comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2001. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Muldrow?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Muldrow to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding38%Heat waves16%Tornadoes14%Wildfire13%Ice storms5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Muldrow faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 67 years in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Muldrow flood?

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

3paid claims since 2001

$11Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20012026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Muldrow 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

36storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Muldrow

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MuldrowDeclared for Sequoyah County only

2019

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

19 households applied for aid $71K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Muldrow for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$49K to the Town of Muldrow 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. Muldrow 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 Muldrow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Muldrow. 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.