Piedmont’s biggest natural hazard is inland flooding
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Piedmont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1995. 15 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
What stands out about Piedmont’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
Does Piedmont flood? Rarely: 3 flood claims since 1995
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Piedmont, from FEMA’s records.
Piedmont isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Canadian County.15 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Piedmont
Disasters that paid out in Piedmont itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Piedmont) and its biggest flood years.
- 2021Severe Winter Storms10 households applied for aid
- 2020Severe Winter Storm$441K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 2019Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding7 households applied for aid$6K aid approved$145K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 2015Severe Winter Storms and Flooding$114K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 2015Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding3 households applied for aid$399K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 2013Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding8 households applied for aid$40K aid approved$19K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
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- 2011Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding150 households applied for aid$154K aid approved$320K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 2009Severe Winter Storm$12K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 2007Severe Winter Storms$16K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 2007Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding1 household applied for aid$17K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 2007Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes2 households applied for aid$16K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 2002Severe Winter Ice Storm$39K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 2001Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes$3K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 2000Severe Winter Ice Storm$30K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
- 1999Ok, Tornadoes 5/3/99$7K to the City of Piedmont for repairs
Canadian County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.
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FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.
Calmer than 614 of the 838 Oklahoma towns we cover.
Piedmont is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
What Piedmont faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Tornadoes
Cold waves
Hail
Heat waves
Ice storms
Get ready for what Piedmont actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Let faucets drip so pipes don’t freeze.
- Know where your water shutoff is.
- Never heat the house with the oven or a grill.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Piedmont and its neighbors
How storm and flood risk compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Rating | Mostly | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont | High | inland flooding | 3 |
| Oklahoma City | High | inland flooding | 996 |
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Most disasters here begin in May–June
The month each of Canadian County’s 32 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Piedmont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Piedmont.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Piedmont.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Weather alerts: National Weather Service. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.