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Caddo County, Oklahoma

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 40015 · 26,368 residents (2021) · 1,278 sq mi · dominant hazard Hail

Hail · 713Tornado · 130Flood · 57Wind · 445Winter · 63

Caddo County within Oklahoma. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 1 Oct 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

The NCEI record lists 1,612 events for Caddo County, Oklahoma, between 1950 and 2026; hail account for the largest share.

That is 126.2 events per 100 square miles, in line with the Oklahoma figure of 120.9, and 611.3 per 10,000 residents against 208.0 statewide.

31 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 6 deaths and 45 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $81M and crop damage at $8.3M.

FEMA has designated the county in 44 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding (major disaster, 14 Jun 2024).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 44 claims since 1978, of which 40 were paid, totalling $1.3M (about $33K per paid claim). FEMA counts 34 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively Low" and its expected annual loss as "Relatively Low" ($17M a year across 18 hazards).

3 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 0 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

31events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

1,612events since 19506 deaths, 45 injuries recorded

44disaster declarationslast 14 Jun 2024

44NFIP flood claims$1.3M paid

Compared with Oklahoma and the United States

Measure	Caddo County	Oklahoma	US
Recorded events since 1950	1,612	82,919	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	126.2	120.9	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	611.3	208.0	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	31	2,570	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	6	705	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$81M	$9.6B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	1.7	3.3	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$33K	$24K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	5.9	17.0	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Hail: 3Tornado: 17Wind: 4

Hail: 22Tornado: 17Wind: 16

Hail: 19Tornado: 7Wind: 10

Hail: 119Tornado: 22Wind: 47

Hail: 169Tornado: 17Flood: 6Wind: 85Winter: 7Heat: 1Cold: 2Lightning: 2Fog: 2

Hail: 183Tornado: 19Flood: 20Wind: 113Winter: 26Heat: 3Drought: 19Wildfire: 1Lightning: 2Fog: 4Other: 4

Hail: 139Tornado: 21Flood: 28Wind: 98Winter: 22Drought: 57Wildfire: 1Other: 1

Hail: 59Tornado: 10Flood: 3Wind: 72Winter: 8Heat: 51Cold: 12Drought: 38Wildfire: 4

241950s551960s361970s1881980s2911990s3942000s3672010s2572020s

Recorded events in Caddo County by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindWinterHeatColdDroughtWildfireLightningFogOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 778 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 608 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Hail713

Wind445

Tornado130

Drought114

Winter63

Flood57

Heat55

Cold14

Wildfire6

Fog6

Other5

Lightning4

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Hail	713	—	2.3%	detail
■ Wind	445	—	1.8%	detail
■ Tornado	130	—	2.6%	detail
■ Drought	114	—	1.7%
■ Winter	63	1	1.6%	detail
■ Flood	57	4	1.3%	detail
■ Heat	55	—	1.2%
■ Cold	14	—	2.2%
■ Wildfire	6	—	1.0%
■ Fog	6	1	1.9%
■ Other	5	—	2.2%
■ Lightning	4	—	1.1%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
18 Aug 2007	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$10K	—	3	—	County
18 Aug 2007	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$100K	—	1	—	County
10 Nov 2007	Dense Fog	Fog	—	$5K	—	1	—	Forecast zone
16 Dec 2008	Winter Weather	Winter	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
27 May 1982	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$250K	—	—	13	County
13 May 2009	Tornado	Tornado	EF2	$50M	—	—	3	County
17 Apr 1976	Tornado	Tornado	F4	$2.5M	—	—	6	County
22 Dec 2007	Winter Weather	Winter	—	$5K	—	—	6	Forecast zone
19 Feb 1951	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$25K	—	—	5	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$50K	—	—	3	County
9 Nov 1998	Lightning	Lightning	—	$2K	—	—	2	County
22 Apr 1957	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$250K	—	—	1	County
26 Apr 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	81 mph	$250K	—	—	1	County
7 May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	—	$60K	—	—	1	County
29 Apr 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	81 mph	$30K	—	—	1	County
2 Apr 1958	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$25K	—	—	1	County
23 May 1960	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$25K	—	—	1	County
10 May 1964	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$25K	—	—	1	County
1 Aug 2000	Drought	Drought	—	—	$8.3M	—	—	Forecast zone
22 Oct 2000	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$6.0M	—	—	—	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
14 Jun 2024	DR-4791	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
24 Feb 2021	DR-4587	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Public assistance
17 Feb 2021	EM-3555	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
21 Dec 2020	DR-4575	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
5 Apr 2020	DR-4530	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3462	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
1 Jun 2019	DR-4438	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Public assistance
26 May 2017	DR-4315	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Public assistance
15 Jul 2016	DR-4274	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
10 Feb 2016	DR-4256	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
29 Dec 2015	DR-4247	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
26 May 2015	DR-4222	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
6 Jun 2011	DR-1989	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
2 Feb 2011	EM-3316	Emergency	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
5 Mar 2010	DR-1883	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
25 Feb 2010	DR-1876	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
30 Jan 2010	EM-3308	Emergency	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
9 May 2008	DR-1754	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Public assistance
18 Dec 2007	DR-1735	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Public assistance
10 Dec 2007	EM-3280	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Public assistance
24 Aug 2007	DR-1718	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
7 Jul 2007	DR-1712	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes	Individual assistance, Public assistance
7 Jun 2007	DR-1707	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding	Public assistance
1 Feb 2007	DR-1678	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Public assistance
14 Jan 2007	EM-3272	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
6 Apr 2006	FM-2634	Fire management assistance	Fire	Cement Fire	Public assistance
19 Jan 2006	FM-2624	Fire management assistance	Fire	Stecker Fire	Public assistance
10 Jan 2006	DR-1623	Major disaster	Fire	Extreme Wildfire Threat	Public assistance
5 Sep 2005	EM-3219	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Public assistance
4 Feb 2003	DR-1452	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Ice Storm	Public assistance
1 Feb 2002	DR-1401	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Ice Storm	Individual assistance, Public assistance
25 Oct 2001	DR-1395	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes	Individual assistance, Public assistance
29 Jun 2001	DR-1384	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes	Public assistance
5 Jan 2001	DR-1355	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Ice Storm	Individual assistance, Public assistance
27 Nov 2000	DR-1349	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
4 May 1999	DR-1272	Major disaster	Tornado	Ok, Tornadoes 5/3/99	Individual assistance, Public assistance
1 Sep 1995	DR-1066	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
26 Jun 1995	DR-1058	Major disaster	Tornado	Tornadoes, Severe Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
12 May 1993	DR-991	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
18 May 1990	DR-866	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance
9 Jul 1987	DR-794	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Public assistance
14 Oct 1986	DR-778	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
26 Oct 1983	DR-693	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
18 Jun 1982	DR-662	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Public assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Caddo County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 197844

Paid claims40

Total paid$1.3M

Average paid claim$33K

Repetitive-loss properties20 severe

Residential policies in force340.3% of 11,649 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2024	2	1	$74,326	$74,326
2016	4	4	$124,502	$31,125
2015	8	8	$226,317	$28,290
2007	10	9	$467,122	$51,902
2000	11	11	$420,789	$38,254
1999	1	1	$5,918	$5,918
1993	4	4	$14,324	$3,581
1991	1	0	$0	—
1989	1	1	$511	$511
1987	2	1	$2,927	$2,927

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskRelatively Lowscore 63.4 of 100

Expected annual loss$17MRelatively Low

Social vulnerabilityRelatively High

Community resilienceVery Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively Low	$5,524,316
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	$3,262,487
Cold wave	Relatively Moderate	$2,501,342
Drought	Relatively Moderate	$1,146,341
Hail	Relatively Moderate	$1,048,663
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	$834,091
Ice storm	Relatively High	$831,734
Heat wave	Relatively Low	$792,795
Wildfire	Relatively Low	$533,128
Earthquake	Very Low	$309,968
Lightning	Relatively Low	$128,296
Winter weather	Relatively Moderate	$87,588
Hurricane	Very Low	$20,493
Landslide	Relatively Low	$4,505

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

Tracks within 100 miles3

Tracks within 50 miles2

Hurricane strength within 50 miles0

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Erin	2007	38 mi	58 mph
Carla	1961	99 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1900	46 mi	46 mph

HURDAT2 best-track positions at tropical-storm strength (34 kt) or more, measured from the county's Census centre point; through the 2025 season. Distance from a track is not the same as the extent of the storm's wind, rain or surge.

ZIP codes with flood claims

73006 34
73038 5

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Caddo County, OK?

NCEI records 713 hail events in Caddo County since 1950, in 66 different years; that is about 9.3 recorded events a year. 178 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Caddo County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 130 tornadoes in Caddo County since 1950, 35 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 0.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Caddo County?

14 Jun 2024: Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding, a major disaster declaration for severe storm. The county appears in 44 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Caddo County, and how much was paid?

44 NFIP claims since 1978, 40 of them paid, for $1.3M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Caddo County in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Relatively Low" for overall risk, "Relatively Low" for expected annual loss, "Relatively High" for social vulnerability and "Very Low" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Caddo County compare with the rest of Oklahoma?

126.2 recorded events per 100 square miles against 120.9 statewide, and 1.7 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 3.3. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 1 Oct 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 1 Oct 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.