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Oklahoma 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 40109 · 798,575 residents (2021) · 709 sq mi · dominant hazard Hail

Hail · 1,273Tornado · 141Flood · 212Wind · 889Winter · 80

Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, has 2,884 weather events in the NCEI Storm Events record since 1950, most of them hail.

That is 406.8 events per 100 square miles, above the Oklahoma figure of 120.9, and 36.1 per 10,000 residents against 208.0 statewide.

106 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 83 deaths and 1,488 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $1.5B and crop damage at $8.3M.

FEMA has designated the county in 52 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Train Trestle Fire (fire management assistance, 13 Aug 2026).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 1,715 claims since 1978, of which 1,190 were paid, totalling $25M (about $21K per paid claim). FEMA counts 1,251 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Relatively High" and its expected annual loss as "Relatively High" ($298M 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.

106events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

2,884events since 195083 deaths, 1,488 injuries recorded

52disaster declarationslast 13 Aug 2026

1,715NFIP flood claims$25M paid

Compared with Oklahoma and the United States

Measure	Oklahoma County	Oklahoma	US
Recorded events since 1950	2,884	82,919	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	406.8	120.9	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	36.1	208.0	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	106	2,570	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	83	705	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$1.5B	$9.6B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	2.1	3.3	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$21K	$24K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	7.6	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: 13Tornado: 13Wind: 16

Hail: 43Tornado: 22Wind: 56

Hail: 36Tornado: 22Wind: 42

Hail: 179Tornado: 11Wind: 97

Hail: 222Tornado: 10Flood: 11Wind: 130Winter: 9Heat: 16Cold: 3Lightning: 20Fog: 1

Hail: 219Tornado: 21Flood: 32Wind: 160Winter: 25Heat: 9Cold: 2Drought: 16Wildfire: 1Lightning: 26Fog: 7Other: 9

Hail: 241Tornado: 23Flood: 123Wind: 210Winter: 26Heat: 21Drought: 36Wildfire: 1Lightning: 2

Hail: 320Tornado: 19Flood: 46Wind: 178Winter: 20Heat: 81Cold: 9Drought: 24Wildfire: 3Lightning: 2

421950s1211960s1001970s2871980s4221990s5272000s6832010s7022020s

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

Trend: 1,539 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 899 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

Hail1,273

Wind889

Flood212

Tornado141

Heat127

Winter80

Drought76

Lightning50

Cold14

Other9

Fog8

Wildfire5

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Hail	1,273	—	4.0%	detail
■ Wind	889	1	3.6%	detail
■ Flood	212	16	4.9%	detail
■ Tornado	141	16	2.8%	detail
■ Heat	127	33	2.7%
■ Winter	80	11	2.0%	detail
■ Drought	76	—	1.1%
■ Lightning	50	—	13.3%
■ Cold	14	6	2.2%
■ Other	9	—	4.0%
■ Fog	8	—	2.5%
■ Wildfire	5	—	0.8%

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
3 May 1999	Tornado	Tornado	F4	$450M	—	12	234	County
9 Dec 2007	Ice Storm	Winter	—	$150M	—	7	—	Forecast zone
31 May 2013	Flash Flood	Flood	—	—	—	7	—	County
4 Jul 2001	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	6	—	Forecast zone
16 Jul 2006	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	5	100	Forecast zone
31 May 2013	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$50K	—	5	—	County
19 Jul 1998	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	3	—	Forecast zone
10 May 2010	Tornado	Tornado	EF4	—	—	2	29	County
18 Jan 1996	Cold/Wind Chill	Cold	—	—	—	2	—	Forecast zone
1 Jul 1996	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	2	—	Forecast zone
27 Jul 1998	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	2	—	Forecast zone
1 Aug 2006	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	2	—	Forecast zone
27 Dec 2015	Ice Storm	Winter	—	—	—	2	—	Forecast zone
2 Jul 2018	Heat	Heat	—	—	—	—	185	Forecast zone
26 Jan 2009	Winter Storm	Winter	—	—	—	—	172	Forecast zone
14 Jun 2010	Flash Flood	Flood	—	$5.5M	—	—	136	County
21 Sep 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	—	$2.0M	—	1	10	County
8 May 2003	Tornado	Tornado	F4	$160M	—	—	89	County
28 Mar 1988	Tornado	Tornado	F1	—	—	1	1	County
26 Nov 2023	Winter Weather	Winter	—	$1.5M	—	1	—	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
13 Aug 2026	FM-5669	Fire management assistance	Fire	Train Trestle Fire	Public assistance
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-5562	Fire management assistance	Fire	Luther Fire	Public assistance
31 Mar 2023	FM-5459	Fire management assistance	Fire	Hefner Fire, Oklahoma Fmag	Public assistance
24 Feb 2021	DR-4587	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Individual assistance, 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
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
20 May 2013	DR-4117	Major disaster	Tornado	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
3 Aug 2012	FM-5001	Fire management assistance	Fire	Luther Fire	Public assistance
31 Aug 2011	FM-2954	Fire management assistance	Fire	Westminster Fire	Public assistance
30 Aug 2011	FM-2951	Fire management assistance	Fire	63rd And Sooner Road Fire	Public assistance
4 Aug 2011	FM-2945	Fire management assistance	Fire	Coffee Creek Fire	Public assistance
15 Jul 2011	FM-2938	Fire management assistance	Fire	Edmond Fire	Public assistance
6 Apr 2011	FM-2883	Fire management assistance	Fire	Jones Spencer Fire	Public assistance
11 Mar 2011	FM-2869	Fire management assistance	Fire	Midwest City Fire Complex	Public assistance
11 Mar 2011	FM-2868	Fire management assistance	Fire	Harrah Fire	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
24 May 2010	DR-1917	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds	Individual 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
10 Apr 2009	FM-2808	Fire management assistance	Fire	Midwest Choctaw Fire	Public assistance
15 Feb 2009	DR-1820	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes	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
24 Aug 2007	DR-1718	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding	Individual assistance
7 Jul 2007	DR-1712	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes	Individual assistance, 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-2607	Fire management assistance	Fire	63rd Street Fire	Public assistance
29 Dec 2005	FM-2595	Fire management assistance	Fire	Eastern Oklahoma County Fire Complex	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, 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
28 Dec 2000	EM-3158	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter And Ice Storm	Public assistance
27 Nov 2000	DR-1349	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	Individual 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 Apr 1995	DR-1048	Major disaster	Human Cause	Explosion At Federal Courthouse In Oklahoma City	Individual assistance, 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
14 Oct 1986	DR-778	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance
26 Oct 1983	DR-693	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	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

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 Oklahoma County, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 19781,715

Paid claims1,190

Total paid$25M

Average paid claim$21K

Repetitive-loss properties15919 severe

Residential policies in force1,2510.5% of 260,669 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2026	1	0	$0	—
2025	6	3	$21,580	$7,193
2024	1	1	$19,885	$19,885
2023	5	0	$0	—
2022	3	2	$51,422	$25,711
2021	14	11	$357,498	$32,500
2020	14	12	$703,129	$58,594
2019	20	12	$233,557	$19,463
2018	23	22	$627,207	$28,509
2017	8	5	$492,518	$98,504
2016	2	0	$0	—
2015	131	107	$3,282,625	$30,679
2014	16	12	$543,873	$45,323
2013	186	138	$5,345,683	$38,737
2012	7	3	$81,509	$27,170
2011	11	7	$299,132	$42,733
2010	170	104	$4,422,969	$42,529
2009	11	5	$20,170	$4,034
2008	6	3	$48,116	$16,039
2007	64	39	$1,152,756	$29,558
2006	2	1	$219	$219
2005	1	0	$0	—
2004	35	28	$433,621	$15,486
2003	4	2	$7,371	$3,686
2002	3	0	$0	—

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 Highscore 97.9 of 100

Expected annual loss$298MRelatively High

Social vulnerabilityRelatively Moderate

Community resilienceRelatively Low

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Inland flooding	Relatively High	$127,523,612
Tornado	Very High	$54,245,076
Heat wave	Relatively High	$50,798,371
Hail	Very High	$27,418,835
Cold wave	Relatively High	$15,056,919
Earthquake	Relatively Moderate	$10,214,790
Ice storm	Very High	$7,526,524
Strong wind	Relatively Moderate	$1,402,642
Lightning	Relatively High	$1,242,536
Wildfire	Relatively Moderate	$1,070,333
Drought	Relatively Moderate	$517,675
Winter weather	Relatively High	$426,554
Hurricane	Very Low	$65,341
Landslide	Very Low	$2,131

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	17 mi	58 mph
Carla	1961	90 mi	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1900	33 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

73119 225
73112 158
73116 120
73139 114
73115 77
73120 69
73132 64
73034 63
73118 62
73109 59
73127 58
73159 54
73141 52
73110 50
73013 48
73162 45
73108 34
73020 33
73049 33
73135 32
73111 31
73129 27
73012 23
73122 19
73084 16
73106 16
73128 15
73008 12
73025 10
73107 10
73117 10
73045 8
73121 8
73007 7
73114 7
73131 7
73142 7
73149 7
73102 6
73003 5
73103 5
73130 5
73147 5
73150 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 Oklahoma County, OK?

NCEI records 1,273 hail events in Oklahoma County since 1950, in 72 different years; that is about 16.5 recorded events a year. 312 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Oklahoma County had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 141 tornadoes in Oklahoma County since 1950, 48 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 16.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Oklahoma County?

13 Aug 2026: Train Trestle Fire, a fire management assistance declaration for fire. The county appears in 52 declarations since 1953.

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

1,715 NFIP claims since 1978, 1,190 of them paid, for $25M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

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

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

How does Oklahoma County compare with the rest of Oklahoma?

406.8 recorded events per 100 square miles against 120.9 statewide, and 2.1 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.