Natural hazards · Pump Back

Pump Back, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pump Back comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pump Back?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pump Back to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes18%Heat waves9%Ice storms8%Strong wind6%Cold waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Pump Back faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 23 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

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Pump Back flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mayes County.

Disasters that hit Pump Back

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Mayes County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Pump Back itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Pump BackDeclared for Mayes County only

Mayes County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Pump Back

Pump Back and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wickliffemostly inland floodingVery high

Kenwoodmostly inland floodingHigh

Pump Backmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Pump Back 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 Pump Back’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pump Back. 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.