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Spavinaw, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Spavinaw comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Spavinaw?

80
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Spavinaw to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes15%Ice storms9%Heat waves8%Strong wind6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Spavinaw faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Spavinaw flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Spavinaw

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpavinawDeclared for Mayes County only
2024

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

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

$3K to the Town of Spavinaw for repairs
2019

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

8 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2015

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

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$20K to the Town of Spavinaw for repairs
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

2 households applied for aid
Mayes County has had 22 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. Spavinaw 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 Spavinaw’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Spavinaw. 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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