Natural hazards · Porter

Porter, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Porter 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 Porter?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding33%Drought29%Heat waves10%Ice storms7%Cold waves6%Tornadoes6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Porter 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

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

29% of expected damage

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Porter flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wagoner County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Porter

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PorterDeclared for Wagoner County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

8 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2019

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

32 households applied for aid $219K aid approved

2015

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

2 households applied for aid

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

1 household applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$17K to the Town of Porter for repairs

Wagoner County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe 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. Porter 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 Porter’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Porter. 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.