Natural hazards · Stidham

Stidham, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stidham comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stidham?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stidham to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding36%Wildfire16%Tornadoes15%Heat waves13%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Stidham faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

16% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

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 Stidham flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McIntosh County.

Disasters that hit Stidham

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StidhamDeclared for McIntosh County only

2015

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

1 household applied for aid $56 aid approved

McIntosh 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. Stidham 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 Stidham’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stidham. 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.