Natural hazards · Gene Autry

Gene Autry, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gene Autry 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 Gene Autry?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gene Autry to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding28%Tornadoes22%Drought19%Heat waves7%Wildfire7%Hail6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Gene Autry faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

19% of expected damage

Recorded about 52 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

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

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Gene Autry flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carter County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Gene Autry

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Gene AutryDeclared for Carter County only

2024

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

3 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2015

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

1 household applied for aid $7K aid approved

Carter County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

Around Gene Autry

Gene Autry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Gene Autrymostly inland floodingHigh

Ardmoremostly tornadoesHigh

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