Natural hazards · Kingston

Kingston, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingston comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kingston?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kingston to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes30%Inland flooding26%Strong wind14%Heat waves9%Hail7%Ice storms5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Kingston faces

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

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 46 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years 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

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Kingston flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marshall County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

183storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Kingston

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingstonDeclared for Marshall County only

2015

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

154 households applied for aid $438K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

24 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $63K to the Town of Kingston for repairs

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

$1K to the Town of Kingston for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$22K to the Town of Kingston for repairs

Marshall County has had 14 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. Kingston 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 Kingston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kingston. 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.