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Natural hazards · Valliant

Valliant, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Valliant comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Valliant?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Valliant to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes11%Drought8%Heat waves6%Ice storms6%Strong wind6%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Valliant faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 38 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Valliant flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Valliant isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: McCurtain County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Valliant

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ValliantDeclared for McCurtain County only
2015

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

12 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$4K to the Town of Valliant for repairs
McCurtain County has had 18 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. Valliant covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Valliant’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Valliant. 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 Valliant total about $2.2M 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.

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