Natural hazards · Porum

Porum, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Porum comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Porum?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes11%Wildfire10%Heat waves10%Drought8%Cold waves5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Porum faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Porum flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Muskogee County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

15storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Porum

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PorumDeclared for Muskogee County only

2024

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

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2021

Severe Winter Storms

13 households applied for aid $25K 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

10 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Porum for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$14K to the Town of Porum for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

3 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$52K to the Town of Porum for repairs

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

Porum, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Porum?

What Porum faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Wildfire

Heat waves

Drought

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Porum flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

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

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Extreme Wildfire Threat

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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