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Natural hazards · Rush Springs

Rush Springs, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rush Springs comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Rush Springs?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Tornadoes27%Inland flooding27%Cold waves17%Wildfire8%Hail7%Heat waves5%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Rush Springs faces

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

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Rush Springs flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Rush Springs isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Grady County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

25storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Rush Springs

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Rush SpringsDeclared for Grady County only
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Rush Springs for repairs
2015

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

9 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $29K to the Town of Rush Springs for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$50K to the Town of Rush Springs for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$16K to the Town of Rush Springs for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $6K to the Town of Rush Springs for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $983 aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$16K to the Town of Rush Springs for repairs
Grady County has had 29 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. Rush Springs 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 Rush Springs’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rush Springs. 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.

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