Natural hazards · Perry

Perry, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Perry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1992. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Perry?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Perry to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding38%Cold waves21%Tornadoes18%Hail7%Ice storms6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Perry faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 45 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 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 weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Perry flood?

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

1paid claims since 1992

$153paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19922026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Noble County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

55storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Perry

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PerryDeclared for Noble County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid

2020

Severe Winter Storm

$281K to the City of Perry for repairs

2019

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

29 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$7K to the City of Perry for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $694 aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$8K to the City of Perry for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$729K to the City of Perry for repairs

Noble County has had 26 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. Perry 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 Perry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Perry. 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.