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Natural hazards · Iron Post

Iron Post, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Iron Post comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

How exposed is Iron Post?

88
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Iron Post to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes17%Heat waves9%Ice storms6%Strong wind6%Cold waves6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Iron Post faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 23 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 · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Iron Post flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Iron Post isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Mayes County.
Disasters that hit Iron Post

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Mayes County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Iron Post itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Iron PostDeclared for Mayes County only
Mayes County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.
Around Iron Post

Iron Post and the towns around it

Snake Creek: Very high, mostly inland floodingLittle Rock: High, mostly inland floodingRose: High, mostly inland floodingIron Post: Very high, mostly inland flooding Iron PostSnake Creek
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Iron Postmostly inland floodingVery high
Snake Creekmostly inland floodingVery high
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. Iron Post 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 Iron Post’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Iron Post. 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.

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