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Wilson, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wilson comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Wilson?

67
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wilson to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes29%Inland flooding26%Heat waves10%Drought9%Hail6%Wildfire6%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Wilson faces

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

Tornadoes

29% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage
Recorded about 47 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Wilson flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

79storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Wilson

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WilsonDeclared for Carter County only
2024

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

6 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

5 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2015

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

36 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $83K to the City of Wilson for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

4 households applied for aid $30K aid approved
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$2K to the City of Wilson for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

1 household applied for aid
2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
Carter County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.
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. Wilson 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 Wilson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wilson. 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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