Natural hazards · Lenapah

Lenapah, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lenapah comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lenapah?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lenapah to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding31%Strong wind18%Cold waves14%Tornadoes14%Drought10%Ice storms6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Lenapah faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 35 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

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Lenapah flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nowata County.

Disasters that hit Lenapah

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LenapahDeclared for Nowata County only

2019

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

5 households applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

12 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Nowata County has had 25 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. Lenapah 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 Lenapah’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lenapah. 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.