Natural hazards · Stringtown

Stringtown, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stringtown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2015. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stringtown?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stringtown to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding35%Hail19%Wildfire15%Tornadoes10%Heat waves6%Ice storms6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Stringtown faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Wildfire

15% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Stringtown flood?

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

4paid claims since 2015

$95Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

Early summer storms: 2 claims, $44K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Atoka County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

14storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Stringtown

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StringtownDeclared for Atoka County only

2015

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

19 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $16K to the Town of Stringtown for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Stringtown for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

8 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$19K to the Town of Stringtown for repairs

Atoka 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. Stringtown 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 Stringtown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stringtown. 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.