Natural hazards · Prue

Prue, OK natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Prue to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding33%Tornadoes26%Cold waves13%Heat waves11%Ice storms8%Wildfire5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Prue 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

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Prue flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Osage County.

Disasters that hit Prue

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrueDeclared for Osage County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid $7K aid approved

2019

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

3 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$3K to the Town of Prue for repairs

Osage County has had 35 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. Prue 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 Prue’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Prue. 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.