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Okmulgee, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Okmulgee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 2007. 14 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Okmulgee?

56
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Okmulgee to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding25%Tornadoes20%Ice storms14%Heat waves13%Cold waves11%Hail7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Okmulgee faces

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

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Ice storms

14% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Okmulgee flood?

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

9paid claims since 2007
$745Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20072026

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. Okmulgee 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

15storm safe rooms built
1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Okmulgee

14 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OkmulgeeDeclared for Okmulgee County only
2024

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

68 households applied for aid $173K aid approved
2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

376 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

91 households applied for aid $67K aid approved
2019

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

49 households applied for aid $43K aid approved
2015

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

64 households applied for aid $105K aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $25K to the City of Okmulgee for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$12K to the City of Okmulgee for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$15K to the City of Okmulgee for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the City of Okmulgee for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

163 households applied for aid $213K aid approved $40K to the City of Okmulgee for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

31 households applied for aid $18K aid approved
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

8 households applied for aid $27K aid approved $4K to the City of Okmulgee for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$68K to the City of Okmulgee 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. Okmulgee covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Okmulgee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Okmulgee. 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 Okmulgee total about $1.2M 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.

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