Natural hazards · Tecumseh
Tecumseh, OK natural hazards
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tecumseh comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1979. 16 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarationsExpected damage
How exposed is Tecumseh?
High
vs. U.S. communitiesFEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tecumseh to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.
Tornadoes31%Inland flooding28%Cold waves9%Wildfire8%Heat waves7%Hail6%Everything else10%
By hazard
What Tecumseh faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Tornadoes
31% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 24 years in the area
Inland flooding
28% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area
Cold waves
9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area
Wildfire
8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Heat waves
7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area
Hail
6% 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 weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Tecumseh flood?
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Tecumseh, from FEMA’s records.
17paid claims since 1979
$302Kpaid to owners
3homes flooded more than once
19792026
Biggest named events
- Thunderstorms: 4 claims, $78K
Homes that flooded again and again
■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times
of homes in flood zones
are insured
are insured
of all homes
are insured
are insured
No community discount. Tecumseh 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
33storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Tecumseh
16 federal disasters brought FEMA money here
Disasters the President declared that paid out in Tecumseh itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Tecumseh.
Brought FEMA money into TecumsehDeclared for Pottawatomie County only
2024
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding
7 households applied for aid $55K aid approved
2023
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes
47 households applied for aid $21K aid approved $164K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs
2022
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding
22 households applied for aid $44K aid approved
2020
Severe Winter Storm
$95K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs
2019
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding
17 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $45K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs
2015
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding
147 households applied for aid $227K aid approved $28K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs
2013
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding
13 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2010
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds
215 households applied for aid $132K aid approved $198K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs
2010
Severe Winter Storm
$93K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs
2009
Severe Winter Storm
$5K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs
2007
Severe Winter Storms
$79K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs
2007
Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding
18 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $7K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs
2007
Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes
71 households applied for aid $71K aid approved
2005
Extreme Wildfire Threat
3 households applied for aid $91 aid approved
2003
Severe Storms and Tornadoes
8 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2000
Severe Winter Ice Storm
$48K to the City of Tecumseh 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. Tecumseh 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 Tecumseh’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tecumseh. 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.