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Natural hazards · Mountain View

Mountain View, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mountain View comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mountain View?

81
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mountain View to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding26%Tornadoes21%Drought13%Cold waves9%Strong wind7%Hail7%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Mountain View faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage
Recorded about 80 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Mountain View flood?

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

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

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mountain ViewDeclared for Kiowa County only
2021

Severe Winter Storms

$26K to the Town of Mountain View for repairs
2020

Severe Winter Storm

$18K to the Town of Mountain View for repairs
2019

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

$55K to the Town of Mountain View for repairs
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$20K to the Town of Mountain View for repairs
2015

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

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$47K to the Town of Mountain View for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $31K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$9K to the Town of Mountain View for repairs
Kiowa County has had 29 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. Mountain View 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 Mountain View’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mountain View. 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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