Natural hazards · Park Hill

Park Hill, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Park Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Park Hill?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding33%Wildfire20%Heat waves14%Tornadoes14%Ice storms6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Park Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Wildfire

20% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Park Hill flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cherokee County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Park Hill

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Park Hill itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Park Hill.

Brought FEMA money into Park HillDeclared for Cherokee County only

2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

7 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2019

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

3 households applied for aid

2015

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

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Cherokee County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Park Hill

Park Hill and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wellingmostly inland floodingVery high

Tahlequahmostly inland floodingHigh

Woodallmostly inland floodingHigh

Park Hillmostly inland floodingHigh

Zebmostly inland floodingHigh

Keysmostly inland floodingHigh

Ettamostly inland floodingModerate

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. Park Hill 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 Park Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Park Hill. 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.