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Sayre, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sayre 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 Sayre?

63
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Tornadoes30%Drought17%Inland flooding14%Cold waves10%Ice storms7%Wildfire6%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Sayre faces

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

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage
Recorded about 112 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% 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

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Sayre flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

44storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Sayre

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SayreDeclared for Beckham County only
2019

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

$348K to the City of Sayre for repairs
2015

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

20 households applied for aid $53K aid approved
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the City of Sayre for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$7K to the City of Sayre for repairs
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$2K to the City of Sayre for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$17K to the City of Sayre for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$21K to the City of Sayre for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$17K to the City of Sayre for repairs
Beckham County has had 23 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. Sayre 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 Sayre’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sayre. 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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