Natural hazards · Henryetta

Henryetta, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Henryetta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 39 claims here since 1985. 15 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Henryetta?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Henryetta to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes15%Ice storms10%Heat waves9%Cold waves8%Wildfire7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Henryetta faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Henryetta flood?

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

39paid claims since 1985

$941Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

Thunderstorms: 2 claims, $7K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Okmulgee County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

20storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Henryetta

15 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HenryettaDeclared for Okmulgee County only

2024

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

19 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $66K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

43 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2019

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

31 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2015

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

34 households applied for aid $27K aid approved $81K to the City of Henryetta for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

51 households applied for aid $124K aid approved $35K to the City of Henryetta for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $50K to the City of Henryetta for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the City of Henryetta for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$15K to the City of Henryetta for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$44K to the City of Henryetta for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $466 aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

14 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $43K to the City of Henryetta for repairs

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

6 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

16 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$89K to the City of Henryetta for repairs

Okmulgee County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Henryetta 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 Henryetta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Henryetta. 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.