Photo: Photolitherland Chris Litherland · CC BY 3.0On FEMA’s figures, Antlers faces more hazard damage per building than 67% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Antlers gets a C for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 67% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (56%), then ice storms (18%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Antlers faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Ice storms
Tornadoes
Hail
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Antlers’ grade
River and rain flooding is 56% of the building damage FEMA expects in Antlers, and Antlers’ rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 55% of U.S. census tracts. Ice storms add 18%, at a rate in the top 1% of U.S. census tracts.
C higher expected damage per building than 67% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Antlers’ residents live in 2 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $1.4M a year in losses across Antlers: $660K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Antlers flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Antlers. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Antlers isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Pushmataha County.4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Antlers
Disasters that paid out in Antlers itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Antlers), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2015Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding30 households applied for aid$40K aid approved
- 2013Severe Winter Storm$143K to the City of Antlers for repairs
- 2007Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes5 households applied for aid$395 aid approved
- 2005Extreme Wildfire Threat$920 to the City of Antlers for repairs
Pushmataha County has had 23 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Ice brings down trees and lines: plan for days without power.
- Run a generator outside, far from doors and windows.
- Keep sand or salt by the door.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Park in a garage or under cover when storms are forecast.
- Stay away from windows while it falls.
- Photograph roof and car damage for your insurer.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Antlers
Is Antlers at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Antlers has higher expected damage per building than 67% of U.S. towns: C for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (56%) and ice storms (18%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Antlers in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Pushmataha County, 0.2% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Antlers?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Antlers’ flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Antlers?
By FEMA money that reached Antlers, Severe Winter Storm (2013): $143K to the City of Antlers for repairs.
Is Antlers at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (56%), and Antlers’ rate for it is higher than 55% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Antlers.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Antlers’ residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.