Natural hazards · Hennessey

Hennessey, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hennessey comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hennessey?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hennessey to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and cold waves.

Tornadoes23%Cold waves22%Inland flooding21%Hail11%Ice storms6%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Hennessey faces

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

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Hennessey flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kingfisher County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

14storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Hennessey

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HennesseyDeclared for Kingfisher County only

2020

Severe Winter Storm

$34K to the Town of Hennessey for repairs

2019

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

2 households applied for aid $575 aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

$1K to the Town of Hennessey for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

9 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$177K to the Town of Hennessey for repairs

Kingfisher County has had 31 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. Hennessey 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 Hennessey’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hennessey. 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.

Hennessey, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Hennessey?

What Hennessey faces

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Inland flooding

Hail

Ice storms

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Hennessey flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm

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

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Extreme Wildfire Threat

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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