Natural hazards · Mooreland

Mooreland, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mooreland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Mooreland?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mooreland to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding32%Drought16%Wildfire13%Tornadoes8%Ice storms7%Cold waves7%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Mooreland faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 91 times a year in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Mooreland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Woodward County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Mooreland

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MoorelandDeclared for Woodward County only

2017

Severe Winter Storm

$27K to the Town of Mooreland for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$2K to the Town of Mooreland for repairs

Woodward County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe 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. Mooreland 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 Mooreland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mooreland. 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.