Natural hazards · Valley Brook

Valley Brook, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Valley Brook comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2004. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Valley Brook?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Valley Brook to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding31%Tornadoes27%Hail18%Heat waves10%Earthquakes6%Ice storms5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Valley Brook faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

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

Hail

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Valley Brook flood?

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

1paid claims since 2004

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oklahoma County.

Disasters that hit Valley Brook

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Valley BrookDeclared for Oklahoma County only

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$9K to the Town of Valley Brook for repairs

Oklahoma County has had 42 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

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