Natural hazards · Warr Acres

Warr Acres, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warr Acres comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1978. 16 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Warr Acres?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Warr Acres to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding29%Heat waves25%Tornadoes21%Hail9%Cold waves7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Warr Acres 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

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Warr Acres flood?

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

4paid claims since 1978

$24Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oklahoma County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

22storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Warr Acres

16 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Warr AcresDeclared for Oklahoma County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

22 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2020

Severe Winter Storm

$941K to the City of Warr Acres for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$404K to the City of Warr Acres for repairs

2015

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

1 household applied for aid

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2010

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

$827 to the City of Warr Acres for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid

2009

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$250K to the City of Warr Acres for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

$3K to the City of Warr Acres for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

13 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $45K to the City of Warr Acres for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$529K to the City of Warr Acres for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$35K to the City of Warr Acres for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$5K to the City of Warr Acres for repairs

1999

Ok, Tornadoes 5/3/99

$50K to the City of Warr Acres for repairs

Oklahoma County has had 42 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

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. Warr Acres covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Warr Acres’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Warr Acres. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Warr Acres total about $3.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

Warr Acres, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Warr Acres?

What Warr Acres faces

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Tornadoes

Hail

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Warr Acres flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

16 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Extreme Wildfire Threat

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Ice Storm

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Ice Storm

Ok, Tornadoes 5/3/99

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