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Jenks, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jenks comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1986. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Jenks?

68
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jenks to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding55%Heat waves22%Tornadoes11%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Jenks faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

22% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places
Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Jenks flood?

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

3paid claims since 1986
$25Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19862026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Jenks isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Tulsa County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

29storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Jenks

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JenksDeclared for Tulsa County only
2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid
2021

Severe Winter Storms

19 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $29K to the City of Jenks for repairs
2019

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

34 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $590K to the City of Jenks for repairs
2015

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

1 household applied for aid
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$26K to the City of Jenks for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$18K to the City of Jenks for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$167K to the City of Jenks for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$50K to the City of Jenks for repairs
Tulsa County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Jenks

Jenks and the towns around it

Tulsa: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSapulpa: High, mostly inland floodingBixby: High, mostly inland floodingGlenpool: Low, mostly heat wavesFair Oaks: High, mostly inland floodingTurley: High, mostly inland floodingBroken Arrow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOakhurst: High, mostly inland floodingSand Springs: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCatoosa: Low, mostly inland floodingSperry: High, mostly inland floodingKellyville: High, mostly inland floodingMounds: High, mostly inland floodingKiefer: High, mostly inland floodingLeonard: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Very high, mostly inland floodingJenks: High, mostly inland flooding JenksTulsaSapulpaBixbyGlenpool
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bixbymostly inland floodingHigh
Jenksmostly inland floodingHigh
Sapulpamostly inland floodingHigh
Tulsamostly inland floodingModerate
Glenpoolmostly heat wavesLow
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. Jenks covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jenks’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jenks. 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 Jenks total about $14.0M 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.

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