Natural hazards · Whitefield

Whitefield, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Whitefield comes from drought, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Whitefield?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Whitefield to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought37%Inland flooding29%Wildfire15%Tornadoes7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Whitefield faces

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

Drought

37% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

15% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Whitefield flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Haskell County.

Disasters that hit Whitefield

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WhitefieldDeclared for Haskell County only

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$7K to the Town of Whitefield for repairs

2007

Severe Winter Storms

$375 to the Town of Whitefield for repairs

Haskell County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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