Natural hazards · Dickson

Dickson, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dickson comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dickson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dickson to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes32%Inland flooding29%Heat waves12%Wildfire6%Hail5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Dickson faces

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

Tornadoes

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

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

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Dickson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carter County.

Disasters that hit Dickson

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Carter County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Dickson itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into DicksonDeclared for Carter County only

Carter County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

Around Dickson

Dickson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Dicksonmostly tornadoesHigh

Ardmoremostly tornadoesHigh

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