Natural hazards · Langley

Langley, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Langley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Langley?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Langley to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes15%Ice storms9%Heat waves8%Strong wind6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Langley faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years 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

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Langley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Langley 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Langley

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LangleyDeclared for Mayes County only

2019

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

4 households applied for aid

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$1K to the Town of Langley for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$11K to the Town of Langley for repairs

Mayes County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Langley

Langley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ketchummostly inland floodingVery high

Langleymostly inland floodingVery high

Sportmans Shoresmostly 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. Langley 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 Langley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Langley. 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.