Natural hazards · Paden

Paden, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Paden comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Paden?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Paden to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought31%Inland flooding19%Wildfire11%Tornadoes10%Heat waves9%Ice storms6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Paden faces

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

Drought

31% of expected damage

Recorded about 35 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Paden flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

22storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Paden

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PadenDeclared for Okfuskee County only

2024

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

1 household applied for aid $300 aid approved

2015

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

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid $719 aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the Town of Paden for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

1 household applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$32K to the Town of Paden for repairs

Okfuskee 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. Paden 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 Paden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Paden. 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.