Natural hazards · Newcastle

Newcastle, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newcastle comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1997. 16 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newcastle?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newcastle to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes31%Inland flooding31%Cold waves12%Heat waves8%Hail7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Newcastle faces

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

Tornadoes

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 34 years in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Newcastle flood?

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

6paid claims since 1997

$63Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

Early summer storms: 1 claim, $7K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McClain County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

234storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Newcastle

16 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewcastleDeclared for McClain County only

2024

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

1 household applied for aid

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

10 households applied for aid

2020

Severe Winter Storm

$702K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

2015

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

45 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $131K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

79 households applied for aid $35K aid approved $271K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

2011

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

71 households applied for aid $58K aid approved $243K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$74K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$9K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$268K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$79K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

16 households applied for aid $33K aid approved $80K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$15K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$276K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$20K to the City of Newcastle for repairs

1999

Ok, Tornadoes 5/3/99

$2.2M to the City of Newcastle for repairs

McClain County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Newcastle

Newcastle and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tuttlemostly inland floodingHigh

Colemostly inland floodingHigh

Newcastlemostly tornadoesHigh

Blanchardmostly tornadoesHigh

Goldsbymostly inland floodingHigh

Oklahoma Citymostly inland floodingHigh

Normanmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Newcastle covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newcastle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Newcastle. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Newcastle total about $5.6M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.