Natural hazards · Meeker

Meeker, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meeker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Meeker?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meeker to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding27%Cold waves21%Tornadoes21%Wildfire9%Heat waves7%Hail6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Meeker faces

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Meeker flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

49storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Meeker

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MeekerDeclared for Lincoln County only

2019

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

1 household applied for aid $50K to the Town of Meeker for repairs

2015

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

9 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$35K to the Town of Meeker for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

12 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

1 household applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$753 to the Town of Meeker for repairs

Lincoln County has had 34 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. Meeker 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 Meeker’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Meeker. 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.