Natural hazards · Winchester

Winchester, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Winchester comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Winchester?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Winchester to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes17%Heat waves11%Cold waves10%Ice storms8%Wildfire6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Winchester faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Winchester flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Okmulgee County.

Disasters that hit Winchester

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WinchesterDeclared for Okmulgee County only

Okmulgee County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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