Natural hazards · Hugo

Hugo, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hugo comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1984. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hugo?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hugo to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes35%Inland flooding21%Heat waves17%Ice storms9%Cold waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hugo faces

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

Tornadoes

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 99 years in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Hugo flood?

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

2paid claims since 1984

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19842026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Choctaw County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Hugo

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HugoDeclared for Choctaw County only

2015

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

25 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $79K to the City of Hugo for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm

$138K to the City of Hugo for repairs

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

4 households applied for aid $30K aid approved $3K to the City of Hugo for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$9K to the City of Hugo for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$137K to the City of Hugo for repairs

Choctaw County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

About these numbers

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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. Hugo covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hugo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hugo. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Hugo total about $1.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

Hugo, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Hugo?

What Hugo faces

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Ice storms

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Hugo flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Winter Storm

Extreme Wildfire Threat

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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