Natural hazards · Sycamore

Sycamore, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sycamore comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2008.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sycamore?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sycamore to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes15%Heat waves10%Cold waves8%Ice storms7%Strong wind6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Sycamore faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Sycamore flood?

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

2paid claims since 2008

$28Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Delaware County.

Disasters that hit Sycamore

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SycamoreDeclared for Delaware County only

Delaware County has had 26 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. Sycamore covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sycamore’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sycamore. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Sycamore total about $2.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.