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Mangum, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mangum comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mangum?

61
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mangum to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and tornadoes.

Drought24%Tornadoes23%Strong wind15%Inland flooding14%Cold waves6%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Mangum faces

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

Drought

24% of expected damage
Recorded about 144 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Mangum flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mangum isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Greer County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Mangum

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MangumDeclared for Greer County only
2021

Severe Winter Storms

$90K to the City of Mangum for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$49K to the City of Mangum for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$193K to the City of Mangum for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$10K to the City of Mangum for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$35K to the City of Mangum for repairs
Greer County has had 16 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. Mangum 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 Mangum’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mangum. 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.

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