Natural hazards · Snyder

Snyder, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Snyder comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2000. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Snyder?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Snyder to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding29%Drought21%Tornadoes19%Heat waves7%Strong wind6%Cold waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Snyder faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 130 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Snyder flood?

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

1paid claims since 2000

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20002026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Snyder isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Kiowa County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Snyder

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SnyderDeclared for Kiowa County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$20K to the City of Snyder for repairs

2020

Severe Winter Storm

$27K to the City of Snyder for repairs

2015

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

69 households applied for aid $60K aid approved $17K to the City of Snyder for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$22K to the City of Snyder for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

16 households applied for aid $50K aid approved $10K to the City of Snyder for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$767 to the City of Snyder for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$20K to the City of Snyder for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$43K to the City of Snyder for repairs

Kiowa 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. Snyder 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 Snyder’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Snyder. 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.

Snyder, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Snyder?

What Snyder faces

Inland flooding

Drought

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Strong wind

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Snyder flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Winter Storm

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

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Ice Storm

Severe Storms and Flooding

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