Natural hazards · Vian

Vian, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vian comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vian?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vian to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes17%Heat waves16%Wildfire13%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Vian faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Vian flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sequoyah County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

11storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Vian

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VianDeclared for Sequoyah County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid

2019

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

7 households applied for aid $957 aid approved

2015

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

$205K to the Town of Vian for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$15K to the Town of Vian for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Vian for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$25K to the Town of Vian for repairs

Sequoyah 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. Vian covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vian’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Vian. 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 Vian total about $3.0M 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.