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Seiling, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Seiling comes from ice storms, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Seiling?

90
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Seiling to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from ice storms and drought.

Ice storms25%Drought24%Inland flooding14%Tornadoes14%Cold waves9%Strong wind7%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Seiling faces

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

Ice storms

25% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

24% of expected damage
Recorded about 87 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Seiling flood?

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

Disasters that hit Seiling

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SeilingDeclared for Dewey County only
2020

Severe Winter Storm

$7K to the City of Seiling for repairs
2017

Severe Winter Storm

$13K to the City of Seiling for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$23K to the City of Seiling for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$14K to the City of Seiling for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$3K to the City of Seiling for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$15K to the City of Seiling for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the City of Seiling for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$13K to the City of Seiling for repairs
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

$776 to the City of Seiling for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$2K to the City of Seiling for repairs
Dewey County has had 27 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. Seiling 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 Seiling’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Seiling. 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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