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Natural hazards · Wewoka

Wewoka, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wewoka comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Wewoka?

68
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding22%Tornadoes20%Heat waves15%Hail14%Cold waves9%Wildfire7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Wewoka faces

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

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 33 years in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Hail

14% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Wewoka flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Wewoka isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Seminole County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Wewoka

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WewokaDeclared for Seminole County only
2022

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

63 households applied for aid $116K aid approved
2015

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

72 households applied for aid $95K aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$32K to the City of Wewoka for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

25 households applied for aid $36K aid approved
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$44K to the City of Wewoka for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$4K to the City of Wewoka for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $3K to the City of Wewoka for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

36 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $21K to the City of Wewoka for repairs
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

19 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $3K to the City of Wewoka for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$86K to the City of Wewoka for repairs
Seminole County has had 24 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. Wewoka 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 Wewoka’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wewoka. 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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