Natural hazards · Wright

Wright, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wright comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Wright?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wright to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes11%Heat waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Wright faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Wright flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McCurtain County.

Disasters that hit Wright

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WrightDeclared for McCurtain County only

2015

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

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Wright for repairs

McCurtain County has had 18 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. Wright 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 Wright’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Wright. 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.