Natural hazards · Morris

Morris, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Morris comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2016. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Morris?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Drought35%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes12%Heat waves8%Ice storms7%Cold waves7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Morris faces

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

Drought

35% of expected damage

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Morris flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Morris, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2016

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Okmulgee County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Morris

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorrisDeclared for Okmulgee County only

2024

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

126 households applied for aid $144K aid approved $116K to the City of Morris for repairs

2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2019

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

6 households applied for aid

2015

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

10 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$750 to the City of Morris for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$4K to the City of Morris for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $530 aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $610 aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$2K to the City of Morris for repairs

Okmulgee County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Morris 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 Morris’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Morris. 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.