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Weleetka, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weleetka comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2013. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Weleetka?

82
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weleetka to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding37%Drought19%Wildfire11%Tornadoes8%Heat waves7%Ice storms6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Weleetka faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

19% of expected damage
Recorded about 29 times a year in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about 25 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 once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Weleetka flood?

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

1paid claims since 2013
$4Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20132026

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Weleetka

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeleetkaDeclared for Okfuskee County only
2024

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

14 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $37K to the Town of Weleetka for repairs
2021

Severe Winter Storms

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2015

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

29 households applied for aid $65K aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $115K aid approved $15K to the Town of Weleetka for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

6 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$16K to the Town of Weleetka for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$12K to the Town of Weleetka for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$61K to the Town of Weleetka for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $30K to the Town of Weleetka for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

2 households applied for aid
2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

8 households applied for aid $26K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$39K to the Town of Weleetka for repairs
Okfuskee County has had 29 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. Weleetka 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 Weleetka’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Weleetka. 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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