Natural hazards · Thackerville

Thackerville, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Thackerville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Thackerville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Thackerville to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding26%Tornadoes23%Strong wind13%Drought11%Heat waves7%Wildfire7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Thackerville faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 43 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Thackerville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Love County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Thackerville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ThackervilleDeclared for Love County only

2024

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

4 households applied for aid

2015

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

9 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

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