Natural hazards · Quinton

Quinton, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Quinton comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1986. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Quinton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Quinton to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought37%Inland flooding32%Wildfire8%Tornadoes7%Heat waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Quinton faces

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

Drought

37% of expected damage

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Quinton flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Quinton, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 1986

$534paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19862026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Quinton 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

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Quinton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QuintonDeclared for Pittsburg County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

3 households applied for aid

2015

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

6 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$15K to the Town of Quinton for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$27K to the Town of Quinton 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. Quinton 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 Quinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Quinton. 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.

Quinton, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Quinton?

What Quinton faces

Drought

Inland flooding

Wildfire

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Quinton flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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