Natural hazards · Bokchito

Bokchito, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bokchito comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bokchito?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bokchito to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes36%Inland flooding23%Heat waves12%Cold waves7%Ice storms5%Wildfire5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Bokchito faces

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

Tornadoes

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Bokchito flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bryan County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Bokchito

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BokchitoDeclared for Bryan County only

2015

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

13 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$3K to the Town of Bokchito for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

1 household applied for aid

Bryan County has had 19 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. Bokchito 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 Bokchito’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bokchito. 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.

Bokchito, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Bokchito?

What Bokchito faces

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Cold waves

Ice storms

Wildfire

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Bokchito flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Extreme Wildfire Threat

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