Natural hazards · Steely Hollow

Steely Hollow, OK natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Steely Hollow?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Steely Hollow to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Heat waves10%Tornadoes10%Wildfire9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Steely Hollow faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Steely Hollow flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Steely Hollow 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 Steely Hollow

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Steely HollowDeclared for Cherokee County only

Cherokee County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Steely Hollow

Steely Hollow and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Steely Hollowmostly inland floodingVery high

Moodysmostly inland floodingVery high

Grandviewmostly droughtHigh

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. Steely Hollow 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 Steely Hollow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Steely Hollow. 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.