Natural hazards · Oketo

Oketo, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oketo 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 Oketo?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oketo to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes20%Strong wind12%Hail8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Oketo faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Oketo flood?

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

Disasters that hit Oketo

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OketoDeclared for Marshall County only

2015

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

$33K to the Township of Oketo for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$36K to the Township of Oketo for repairs

Marshall County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Oketo

Oketo and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Barnestonmostly inland floodingHigh

Oketomostly inland floodingModerate

Baldersonmostly inland floodingModerate

Herkimermostly inland floodingModerate

Marysvillemostly inland floodingModerate

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. Oketo 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 Oketo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Oketo. 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.