Natural hazards · Wetumka

Wetumka, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wetumka comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wetumka?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wetumka to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding21%Hail21%Tornadoes17%Wildfire15%Cold waves9%Ice storms6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Wetumka faces

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

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

21% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Wildfire

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once 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

HurricanesWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Wetumka flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hughes County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Wetumka

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WetumkaDeclared for Hughes County only

2024

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

32 households applied for aid $141K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

13 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2015

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

10 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $15K to the City of Wetumka for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$7K to the City of Wetumka for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$25K to the City of Wetumka for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$1K to the City of Wetumka for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$27K to the City of Wetumka for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$31K to the City of Wetumka for repairs

2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

1 household applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$31K to the City of Wetumka for repairs

Hughes County has had 19 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. Wetumka 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 Wetumka’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wetumka. 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.

Wetumka, OK natural hazards

How exposed is Wetumka?

What Wetumka faces

Inland flooding

Hail

Tornadoes

Wildfire

Cold waves

Ice storms

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Wetumka flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Winter Storms

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Extreme Wildfire Threat

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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