Natural hazards · Canton

Canton, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Canton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Canton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canton to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding33%Hail17%Ice storms12%Tornadoes11%Cold waves8%Strong wind7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Canton faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Ice storms

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Canton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Blaine County.

Disasters that hit Canton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CantonDeclared for Blaine County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the Town of Canton for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Canton for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $145 aid approved

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$11K to the Town of Canton for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$35K to the Town of Canton for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$1K to the Town of Canton for repairs

Blaine 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. Canton 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 Canton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Canton. 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.