Natural hazards · Hinton

Hinton, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hinton comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hinton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hinton to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and tornadoes.

Cold waves28%Tornadoes27%Inland flooding13%Heat waves10%Strong wind6%Hail5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hinton faces

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

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Hinton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Caddo County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Hinton

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HintonDeclared for Caddo County only

2024

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

4 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

5 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2020

Severe Winter Storm

$150K to the Town of Hinton for repairs

2019

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

13 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2015

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$39K to the Town of Hinton for repairs

2015

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

14 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2011

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

2 households applied for aid

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$1K to the Town of Hinton for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

40 households applied for aid $41K aid approved $184K to the Town of Hinton for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

19 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

2 households applied for aid

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$48K to the Town of Hinton for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$12K to the Town of Hinton for repairs

Caddo County has had 35 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. Hinton 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 Hinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hinton. 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.

Hinton, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Hinton?

What Hinton faces

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Strong wind

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Hinton flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Winter Storm

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

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

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

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

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Extreme Wildfire Threat

Severe Winter Ice Storm

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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