OK
Oklahoma
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
89
Billion-Dollar Events
$307.3B
Total Economic Impact
77
Counties
55.79
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 77 counties
Ice Storm
80.49
Avg Risk Score
Wildfire
78.76
Avg Risk Score
Heat Wave
76.58
Avg Risk Score
Cold Wave
75.0
Avg Risk Score
Tornado
69.31
Avg Risk Score
Drought
68.74
Avg Risk Score
Winter Weather
61.93
Avg Risk Score
Hail
60.97
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
severe-storm
62 events
$148.2B
drought
15 events
$113.6B
winter-storm
4 events
$27.0B
flooding
4 events
$12.7B
wildfire
3 events
$3.7B
freeze
1 events
$2.0B
Disaster Trends by Decade
How disaster frequency and costs have changed over time
Highest Risk Counties
Counties with the highest overall risk scores based on FEMA NRI
| Rank | County | Risk Score | Risk Rating | SVI Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | 97.26 | 84.3% | |
| 2 | Tulsa | 96.63 | 78.5% | |
| 3 | Cleveland | 90.49 | 55.3% | |
| 4 | Comanche | 88.48 | 92.1% | |
| 5 | Canadian | 87.78 | 34.3% | |
| 6 | Pottawatomie | 85.91 | 75.0% | |
| 7 | Creek | 83.74 | 52.0% | |
| 8 | Muskogee | 83.17 | 97.7% | |
| 9 | Cherokee | 82.09 | 92.4% | |
| 10 | Le Flore | 81.23 | 92.4% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
winter-storm
Feb 2021
$22.7B
262 fatalities
drought
Apr 2023
$14.1B
247 fatalities
severe-storm
May 2024
$6.6B
3 fatalities
flooding
Mar 2019
$6.2B
4 fatalities
severe-storm
Mar 2024
$6.0B
3 fatalities
drought
Jan 2024
$5.3B
136 fatalities
severe-storm
May 2024
$4.9B
5 fatalities
severe-storm
May 2019
$4.6B
3 fatalities
severe-storm
Jun 2023
$3.8B
5 fatalities
severe-storm
May 2023
$3.4B
1 fatalities
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