Natural hazards · Sparrowhawk

Sparrowhawk, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sparrowhawk comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sparrowhawk?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sparrowhawk to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes14%Heat waves14%Ice storms5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Sparrowhawk faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 53 years in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

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 wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Sparrowhawk flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Sparrowhawk.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Sparrowhawk isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Cherokee County.

Disasters that hit Sparrowhawk

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Cherokee County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Sparrowhawk itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into SparrowhawkDeclared for Cherokee County only

Cherokee County has had 21 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. Sparrowhawk 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 Sparrowhawk’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sparrowhawk. 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.