Natural hazards · Drumright

Drumright, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Drumright comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1982. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Drumright?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Drumright to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding26%Tornadoes20%Cold waves15%Heat waves10%Hail8%Ice storms8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Drumright faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Drumright flood?

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

1paid claims since 1982

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Creek County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

20storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Drumright

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DrumrightDeclared for Creek County only

2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid

2019

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

3 households applied for aid $575 aid approved

2012

Freedom and Noble Wildfires

13 households applied for aid $106K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$155K to the City of Drumright for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $11K to the City of Drumright for repairs

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

10 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $18K to the City of Drumright for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$9K to the City of Drumright for repairs

Creek County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe 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. Drumright 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 Drumright’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Drumright. 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.