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Natural hazards · Yukon

Yukon, OK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Yukon comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 44 claims here since 1978. 17 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Yukon?

51
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Yukon to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes27%Inland flooding27%Cold waves18%Heat waves10%Hail8%Ice storms7%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Yukon faces

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

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 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

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Yukon flood?

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

44paid claims since 1978
$738Kpaid to owners
6homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Early summer storms: 1 claim, $23K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1,051storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Yukon

17 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into YukonDeclared for Canadian County only
2021

Severe Winter Storms

129 households applied for aid $42K aid approved
2020

Severe Winter Storm

$1.1M to the City of Yukon for repairs
2019

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

35 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $47K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$716K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2015

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

27 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $60K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

109 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $46K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2011

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

33 households applied for aid $56K aid approved
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$96K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$138K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2007

Severe Winter Storms

$150K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

43 households applied for aid $59K aid approved $74K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

40 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $62K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2005

Extreme Wildfire Threat

$5K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

32 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$462K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$69K to the City of Yukon for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$128K to the City of Yukon for repairs
Canadian County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.
Around Yukon

Yukon and the towns around it

Oklahoma City: High, mostly inland floodingTuttle: High, mostly inland floodingMidwest City: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEdmond: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewcastle: High, mostly tornadoesDel City: High, mostly inland floodingJones: High, mostly inland floodingMoore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChoctaw: High, mostly inland floodingSpencer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnion City: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorman: High, mostly inland floodingYukon: Moderate, mostly tornadoes YukonOklahoma City
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Oklahoma Citymostly inland floodingHigh
Yukonmostly tornadoesModerate
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. Yukon covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Yukon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Yukon. 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 Yukon total about $8.7M 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.

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