Natural hazards · Erick

Erick, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Erick comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Erick?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Erick to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and tornadoes.

Drought27%Tornadoes22%Inland flooding14%Wildfire11%Cold waves7%Ice storms5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Erick faces

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

Drought

27% of expected damage

Recorded about 114 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Erick flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Beckham County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Erick

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ErickDeclared for Beckham County only

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$4K to the City of Erick for repairs

Beckham County has had 23 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. Erick covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Erick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Erick. 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 Erick total about $1.4M 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.