Natural hazards · Hollis

Hollis, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hollis comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hollis?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hollis to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought.

Drought40%Strong wind14%Tornadoes13%Inland flooding12%Hail8%Cold waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Hollis faces

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

Drought

40% of expected damage

Recorded about 140 times a year in the area

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter 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 Hollis flood?

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

16paid claims since 1979

$171Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

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. Hollis isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Harmon County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Hollis

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HollisDeclared for Harmon County only

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$29K to the City of Hollis for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the City of Hollis for repairs

Harmon County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often ice storms and severe 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. Hollis 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 Hollis’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hollis. 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.