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Lincoln 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 40081 · 33,829 residents (2021) · 952 sq mi · dominant hazard Hail

Hail · 446Tornado · 96Flood · 34Wind · 263Winter · 59

Lincoln 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.

Between 1950 and 2026, NCEI recorded 1,081 storm events in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, led by hail.

That is 113.5 events per 100 square miles, in line with the Oklahoma figure of 120.9, and 319.5 per 10,000 residents against 208.0 statewide.

37 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 7 deaths and 151 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $136M and crop damage at $8.6M.

FEMA has designated the county in 45 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Wildfires And Straight-Line Winds (major disaster, 21 May 2025).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 27 claims since 1978, of which 18 were paid, totalling $77K (about $4K per paid claim). FEMA counts 11 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" ($20M 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.

37events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

1,081events since 19507 deaths, 151 injuries recorded

45disaster declarationslast 21 May 2025

27NFIP flood claims$77K paid

Compared with Oklahoma and the United States

Measure	Lincoln County	Oklahoma	US
Recorded events since 1950	1,081	82,919	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	113.5	120.9	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	319.5	208.0	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	37	2,570	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	7	705	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$136M	$9.6B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	0.8	3.3	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$4K	$24K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	0.0	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: 13Wind: 2

Hail: 6Tornado: 10Wind: 3

Hail: 8Tornado: 14Wind: 9

Hail: 92Tornado: 13Wind: 32

Hail: 120Tornado: 10Flood: 7Wind: 66Winter: 8Heat: 1Cold: 2Lightning: 6Fog: 1

Hail: 113Tornado: 14Flood: 7Wind: 69Winter: 26Heat: 3Drought: 16Wildfire: 1Lightning: 2Fog: 7Other: 1

Hail: 59Tornado: 10Flood: 12Wind: 38Winter: 14Drought: 36Wildfire: 1

Hail: 45Tornado: 12Flood: 8Wind: 44Winter: 11Heat: 71Cold: 11Drought: 22Wildfire: 2

181950s191960s311970s1371980s2211990s2592000s1702010s2262020s

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

Trend: 473 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 453 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

Hail446

Wind263

Tornado96

Heat75

Drought74

Winter59

Flood34

Cold13

Lightning8

Fog8

Wildfire4

Other1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Hail	446	—	1.4%	detail
■ Wind	263	—	1.1%	detail
■ Tornado	96	—	1.9%	detail
■ Heat	75	2	1.6%
■ Drought	74	—	1.1%
■ Winter	59	1	1.5%	detail
■ Flood	34	3	0.8%	detail
■ Cold	13	—	2.0%
■ Lightning	8	—	2.1%
■ Fog	8	—	2.5%
■ Wildfire	4	1	0.7%
■ Other	1	—	0.4%

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
1 Jul 1996	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	2	—	Forecast zone
1 Mar 2006	Wildfire	Wildfire	—	$15M	$250K	1	7	Forecast zone
24 May 2016	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$100K	—	1	2	County
30 Apr 2025	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$50K	—	1	—	County
21 May 2019	Flood	Flood	—	$10K	—	1	—	County
26 Jan 2009	Winter Storm	Winter	—	—	—	1	—	Forecast zone
1 May 1954	Tornado	Tornado	F4	$2.5M	—	—	65	County
2 Apr 1956	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$2.5M	—	—	30	County
3 May 1999	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$60M	—	—	13	County
8 Jun 1974	Tornado	Tornado	F3	$2.5M	—	—	8	County
5 Oct 1970	Tornado	Tornado	F4	$25M	—	—	4	County
4 Oct 1998	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$50K	—	—	6	County
19 May 2013	Tornado	Tornado	EF3	—	—	—	4	County
12 May 1985	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$250K	—	—	3	County
13 Jun 1975	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$25K	—	—	3	County
12 Sep 1989	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	0 mph	—	—	—	3	County
11 May 1980	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$250K	—	—	1	County
5 Sep 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	75 mph	$15K	—	—	1	County
27 Sep 2022	Wildfire	Wildfire	—	$10K	—	—	1	Forecast zone
1 Aug 2000	Drought	Drought	—	—	$8.3M	—	—	Forecast zone

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
21 May 2025	DR-4866	Major disaster	Fire	Wildfires And Straight-Line Winds	Individual assistance
18 Mar 2025	DR-4862	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Public assistance
14 Mar 2025	FM-5561	Fire management assistance	Fire	Logan Fire	Public assistance
14 Mar 2025	FM-5559	Fire management assistance	Fire	Chandler Fire	Public assistance
30 Apr 2024	DR-4776	Major disaster	Tornado	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual 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
12 Jul 2019	DR-4453	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	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
26 May 2015	DR-4222	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	Individual assistance
20 May 2013	DR-4117	Major disaster	Tornado	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
2 Feb 2011	EM-3316	Emergency	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
26 Jul 2010	DR-1926	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding	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
19 Jun 2009	DR-1846	Major disaster	Fire	Wildfires	Individual 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
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
10 Jan 2006	DR-1623	Major disaster	Fire	Extreme Wildfire Threat	Individual assistance, Public assistance
2 Jan 2006	FM-2606	Fire management assistance	Fire	Prague Fire	Public assistance
5 Sep 2005	EM-3219	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Public assistance
10 May 2003	DR-1465	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes	Individual assistance, Public assistance
1 Feb 2002	DR-1401	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Ice Storm	Individual assistance
5 Jan 2001	DR-1355	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Ice Storm	Individual assistance, Public assistance
28 Dec 2000	EM-3158	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter And Ice Storm	Public assistance
4 May 1999	DR-1272	Major disaster	Tornado	Ok, Tornadoes 5/3/99	Individual assistance, 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, Public assistance
26 Oct 1983	DR-693	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Public assistance
18 Jun 1982	DR-662	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Public assistance
9 Jul 1975	DR-474	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding & Tornadoes	Individual assistance, Public assistance
26 Nov 1974	DR-453	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
10 Jun 1974	DR-441	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Jun 1973	DR-392	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, & Tornadoes	Individual assistance, Public assistance
14 Oct 1970	DR-297	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Heavy Rains, Tornadoes & Flooding	Individual assistance, 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 Lincoln County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 197827

Paid claims18

Total paid$77K

Average paid claim$4K

Repetitive-loss properties20 severe

Residential policies in force110.1% of 16,397 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2016	1	0	$0	—
2015	2	2	$2,734	$1,367
2007	2	0	$0	—
1988	4	4	$22,771	$5,693
1985	2	2	$8,857	$4,429
1984	2	2	$12,913	$6,456
1982	2	2	$12,784	$6,392
1980	1	1	$1,547	$1,547
1979	11	5	$14,936	$2,987

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 71.3 of 100

Expected annual loss$20MRelatively Low

Social vulnerabilityVery High

Community resilienceRelatively Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively Low	$4,514,510
Cold wave	Relatively High	$4,370,319
Tornado	Relatively Moderate	$4,368,736
Heat wave	Relatively Moderate	$1,509,336
Wildfire	Relatively Moderate	$1,446,686
Hail	Relatively Moderate	$1,231,069
Drought	Relatively Moderate	$979,719
Ice storm	Relatively High	$834,371
Strong wind	Relatively Low	$232,351
Earthquake	Very Low	$185,055
Lightning	Relatively Low	$124,022
Winter weather	Relatively Moderate	$110,997
Landslide	Relatively Low	$3,847
Hurricane	Very Low	$3,541

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	47 mi	40 mph
Carla	1961	90 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1900	45 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

74834 22

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 Lincoln County, OK?

NCEI records 446 hail events in Lincoln County since 1950, in 60 different years; that is about 5.8 recorded events a year. 86 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Lincoln County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 96 tornadoes in Lincoln County since 1950, 27 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 0.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Lincoln County?

21 May 2025: Wildfires And Straight-Line Winds, a major disaster declaration for fire. The county appears in 45 declarations since 1953.

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

27 NFIP claims since 1978, 18 of them paid, for $77K in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Lincoln 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, "Very High" for social vulnerability and "Relatively Low" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Lincoln County compare with the rest of Oklahoma?

113.5 recorded events per 100 square miles against 120.9 statewide, and 0.8 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.