Storms, floods and disasters in Rattan
Rattan isn’t graded for hazard risk: Rattan has 274 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Rattan 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
Wildfire
Ice storms
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.
Does Rattan flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Rattan. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Rattan 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.2 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Rattan
Disasters that paid out in Rattan itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Rattan), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2015Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding10 households applied for aid$25K aid approved
- 2013Severe Winter Storm$3K to the Town of Rattan 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.
- Clear dead leaves and brush within 5 feet of the house.
- Sign up for local alerts and know two ways out.
- Keep N95 masks for smoky days.
- 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.
- 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 Rattan
Is Rattan 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 Rattan?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Rattan’s 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 Rattan?
By FEMA money that reached Rattan, Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding (2015): 10 households applied for aid, $25K approved.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Rattan.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Rattan’s 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.