Natural hazards · Pittsburg

Pittsburg, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pittsburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pittsburg?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pittsburg to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding37%Wildfire23%Tornadoes11%Heat waves9%Hail5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Pittsburg faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

23% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Pittsburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pittsburg County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Pittsburg

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PittsburgDeclared for Pittsburg County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

5 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2015

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

7 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$4K to the Town of Pittsburg for repairs

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