Natural hazards · Wickliffe

Wickliffe, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wickliffe comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1985.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wickliffe?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wickliffe to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes16%Heat waves9%Ice storms7%Strong wind6%Cold waves5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Wickliffe faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Wickliffe flood?

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

11paid claims since 1985

$186Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

Thunderstorms: 2 claims, $37K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mayes County.

Disasters that hit Wickliffe

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Mayes County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Wickliffe itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WickliffeDeclared for Mayes County only

Mayes County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Wickliffe

Wickliffe and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wickliffemostly inland floodingVery high

Salinamostly inland floodingVery high

Kenwoodmostly inland floodingHigh

Pump Backmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Wickliffe covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wickliffe’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wickliffe. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Wickliffe total about $2.6M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.