Natural hazards · Haskell

Haskell, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Haskell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2022. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Haskell?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Haskell to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes15%Heat waves10%Drought7%Cold waves5%Hail5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Haskell faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Haskell flood?

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

1paid claims since 2022

$97Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20222026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Muskogee County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

17storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Haskell

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HaskellDeclared for Muskogee County only

2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $164K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

4 households applied for aid

2019

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

37 households applied for aid $249K aid approved

2015

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

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

8 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Muskogee County has had 26 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. Haskell 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 Haskell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Haskell. 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.