Natural hazards · Peckham

Peckham, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Peckham comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Peckham?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Peckham to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves16%Tornadoes14%Drought7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Peckham faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 66 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Peckham flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Peckham 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.

Disasters that hit Peckham

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PeckhamDeclared for Kay County only

2024

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

1 household applied for aid

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