Natural hazards · Arnett

Arnett, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arnett comes from drought, and overall the risk is very high 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 Arnett?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arnett to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and ice storms.

Drought34%Ice storms19%Inland flooding12%Tornadoes8%Wildfire8%Cold waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Arnett faces

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

Drought

34% of expected damage

Recorded about 88 times a year in the area

Ice storms

19% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Arnett flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Arnett

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArnettDeclared for Ellis County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm

$31K to the Town of Arnett for repairs

2009

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$1K to the Town of Arnett for repairs

Ellis County has had 24 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. Arnett 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 Arnett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Arnett. 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.