Natural hazards · Roland

Roland, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 2004. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Roland?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

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

8paid claims since 2004

$62Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

20042026

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. Roland 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

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Roland

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RolandDeclared for Sequoyah County only

2019

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

10 households applied for aid

2015

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

$42K to the Town of Roland for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the Town of Roland for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Roland for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$20K to the Town of Roland 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. Roland 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 Roland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Roland. 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.