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Natural hazards · Shawnee

Shawnee, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shawnee comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 74 claims here since 1983. 17 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Shawnee?

61
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shawnee to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes38%Inland flooding22%Cold waves12%Heat waves9%Hail7%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Shawnee faces

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

Tornadoes

38% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Shawnee flood?

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

74paid claims since 1983
$992Kpaid to owners
9homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • Thunderstorms: 11 claims, $290K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (3) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

158storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Shawnee

17 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShawneeDeclared for Pottawatomie County only
2024

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

21 households applied for aid $88K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

1,647 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved $10.1M to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

61 households applied for aid $55K aid approved
2020

Severe Winter Storm

$204K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2019

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

27 households applied for aid $22K aid approved $69K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2015

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

243 households applied for aid $366K aid approved $238K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

479 households applied for aid $1.5M aid approved $183K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$90K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

126 households applied for aid $154K aid approved $93K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$24K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$32K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$529K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $22K aid approved $50K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

217 households applied for aid $386K aid approved
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

7 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $20K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

14 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$53K to the City of Shawnee for repairs
Pottawatomie County has had 34 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. Shawnee covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Shawnee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Shawnee. 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 Shawnee total about $12.9M 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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