Natural hazards · Westville

Westville, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Westville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1989. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Westville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Westville to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes13%Heat waves11%Wildfire7%Ice storms7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Westville faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

7% 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

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Westville flood?

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

1paid claims since 1989

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19892026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Adair County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Westville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestvilleDeclared for Adair County only

2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $119K aid approved

2015

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

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$112K to the Town of Westville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$25K to the Town of Westville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$61K to the Town of Westville for repairs

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

Westville, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Westville?

What Westville faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Wildfire

Ice storms

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Westville flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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