Natural hazards · Cameron

Cameron, OK natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cameron to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Wildfire11%Tornadoes9%Heat waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Cameron faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Cameron flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Le Flore County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Cameron

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CameronDeclared for Le Flore County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

5 households applied for aid

2019

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

2 households applied for aid

2015

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

7 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $25K aid approved

Le Flore County has had 27 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. Cameron 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 Cameron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cameron. 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.