Natural hazards · Dustin

Dustin, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dustin 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 Dustin?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dustin to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding21%Hail21%Tornadoes17%Wildfire15%Cold waves9%Ice storms6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Dustin faces

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

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Wildfire

15% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

6% 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 weatherHeat 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 Dustin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hughes County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Dustin

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DustinDeclared for Hughes County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

2 households applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$1K to the Town of Dustin for repairs

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

5 households applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$13K to the Town of Dustin for repairs

Hughes County has had 19 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. Dustin 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 Dustin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dustin. 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.