Natural hazards · Faxon

Faxon, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Faxon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Faxon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Faxon to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes15%Cold waves11%Wildfire10%Drought8%Strong wind5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Faxon faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

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

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 100 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Faxon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Comanche County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Faxon

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FaxonDeclared for Comanche County only

2015

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

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

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