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Natural hazards · Sapulpa

Sapulpa, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sapulpa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 172 claims here since 1980. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sapulpa?

68
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sapulpa to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding32%Tornadoes18%Cold waves17%Heat waves11%Ice storms8%Hail6%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Sapulpa faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Cold waves

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 25 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

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Sapulpa flood?

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

172paid claims since 1980
$1.8Mpaid to owners
15homes flooded more than once
19802026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

94flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
56storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Sapulpa

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SapulpaDeclared for Creek County only
2025

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

5 households applied for aid $17K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

$86K to the City of Sapulpa for repairs
2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid
2019

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

309 households applied for aid $71K aid approved $385K to the City of Sapulpa for repairs
2015

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

$8K to the City of Sapulpa for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the City of Sapulpa for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$12K to the City of Sapulpa for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$498K to the City of Sapulpa for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

4 households applied for aid
Creek County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.
Around Sapulpa

Sapulpa and the towns around it

Oakhurst: High, mostly inland floodingKellyville: High, mostly inland floodingJenks: High, mostly inland floodingMounds: High, mostly inland floodingTulsa: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKiefer: High, mostly inland floodingGlenpool: Low, mostly heat wavesSand Springs: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBixby: High, mostly inland floodingFair Oaks: High, mostly inland floodingTurley: High, mostly inland floodingBroken Arrow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCatoosa: Low, mostly inland floodingSperry: High, mostly inland floodingLiberty: Very high, mostly inland floodingWestport: Very high, mostly inland floodingMannford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSapulpa: High, mostly inland flooding SapulpaOakhurstKellyvilleJenksMoundsTulsaKieferGlenpoolSand Springs
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Moundsmostly inland floodingHigh
Kiefermostly inland floodingHigh
Kellyvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Sapulpamostly inland floodingHigh
Jenksmostly inland floodingHigh
Oakhurstmostly inland floodingHigh
Tulsamostly inland floodingModerate
Sand Springsmostly inland floodingModerate
Glenpoolmostly heat wavesLow
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. Sapulpa covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sapulpa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sapulpa. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Sapulpa total about $7.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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