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Newkirk, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newkirk comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2008. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newkirk?

74
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newkirk to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding28%Cold waves23%Tornadoes21%Wildfire8%Hail6%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Newkirk faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Hail

6% 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 weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Newkirk flood?

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

1paid claims since 2008
$36Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20082026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $36K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Newkirk

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewkirkDeclared for Kay County only
2024

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

99 households applied for aid $234K aid approved
2020

Severe Winter Storm

$12K to the City of Newkirk for repairs
2019

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

20 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $94K to the City of Newkirk for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$3K to the City of Newkirk for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $3K to the City of Newkirk for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$750 to the City of Newkirk for repairs
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

$2K to the City of Newkirk for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$154K to the City of Newkirk for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$3K to the City of Newkirk for repairs
Kay County has had 31 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. Newkirk 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 Newkirk’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Newkirk. 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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