Natural hazards · Clinton

Clinton, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clinton comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1983. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clinton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clinton to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes.

Tornadoes42%Inland flooding14%Ice storms12%Cold waves12%Hail7%Strong wind6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Clinton faces

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

Tornadoes

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Clinton flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Clinton, from FEMA’s records.

5paid claims since 1983

$34Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19832026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Custer County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

81storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Clinton

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClintonDeclared for Custer County only

2024

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

16 households applied for aid $84K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$6K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2020

Severe Winter Storm

$37K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2019

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

$290K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$59K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2015

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

$179K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$40K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

$4K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$6K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$74K to the City of Clinton for repairs

Custer 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. Clinton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Clinton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Clinton total about $1.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

Clinton, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Clinton?

What Clinton faces

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Ice storms

Cold waves

Hail

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Clinton flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Winter Storm

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

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

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

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Extreme Wildfire Threat

Severe Ice Storm

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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