Natural hazards · Fairview

Fairview, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fairview comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1995. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fairview?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fairview to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hail.

Cold waves29%Hail21%Inland flooding17%Ice storms14%Tornadoes9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Fairview faces

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

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year 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

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Fairview flood?

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

14paid claims since 1995

$257Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19952026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 10 claims, $237K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Major County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

79storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Fairview

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FairviewDeclared for Major County only

2020

Severe Winter Storm

$21K to the City of Fairview for repairs

2017

Severe Winter Storm

$126K to the City of Fairview for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$79K to the City of Fairview for repairs

2015

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

$113K to the City of Fairview for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$36K to the City of Fairview for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$62K to the City of Fairview for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$69K to the City of Fairview for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$21K to the City of Fairview for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$15K to the City of Fairview for repairs

Major County has had 28 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. Fairview covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fairview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fairview. 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 Fairview total about $3.5M 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.

Fairview, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Fairview?

What Fairview faces

Cold waves

Hail

Inland flooding

Ice storms

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Fairview flood?

Biggest named events

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

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

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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