Natural hazards · Keyes

Keyes, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Keyes comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Keyes?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Keyes to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and cold waves.

Drought74%Cold waves17%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Keyes faces

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

Drought

74% of expected damage

Recorded about 152 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Inland floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Keyes flood?

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

Disasters that hit Keyes

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KeyesDeclared for Cimarron County only

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$62K to the Town of Keyes for repairs

Cimarron County has had 15 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. Keyes 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 Keyes’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Keyes. 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.