Natural hazards · Ringling

Ringling, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ringling comes from tornadoes, 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 Ringling?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ringling to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes23%Inland flooding20%Drought18%Strong wind13%Cold waves7%Wildfire6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Ringling faces

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

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 49 times a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Ringling flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Ringling

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RinglingDeclared for Jefferson County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

7 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2015

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

24 households applied for aid $73K aid approved $37K to the Town of Ringling for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the Town of Ringling for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$750 to the Town of Ringling for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$11K to the Town of Ringling for repairs

Jefferson County has had 24 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. Ringling 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 Ringling’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ringling. 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.