FEMA Records
44
Very high volume
Oklahoma · FEMA + NOAA + National Risk Index
Caddo County, OK
44 FEMA disaster declarations (1982-2024), with a FEMA National Risk Index rating of Relatively Low. Most common hazard: Severe Storm.
- 44
- FEMA declarations
- 35
- Major disasters
- 63
- NRI risk · Relatively Low
- Severe Storm
- Top hazard
The verdict
Two federal records point in the busier direction for Caddo County. Its 44 FEMA declarations are 37% above the Oklahoma county mean and exceed the count for 98% of the 3,266 counties in this registry. Separately, FEMA's National Risk Index places it in the riskiest 37%, based on modeled expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience.
- Riskiest 37%
- of U.S. counties for FEMA National Risk Index score
- Relatively Low
- FEMA National Risk Index rating
- 44
- FEMA declarations vs 21 national county avg
- 44
- NFIP flood insurance claims filed
FEMA's National Risk Index and its declaration registry are separate measures. This county's registry includes Fire Management Assistance (FM) records, which are not presidential disaster declarations, alongside Major Disaster (DR) and Emergency (EM) records.
FEMA OpenFEMA declaration desk
County FIPS 40015 · Caddo County 44 declarations · rank 58/3,266
DECL-HEAVY · MAJOR-HEAVY · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · NRI-LOW · ACT-HIGH · TYPE-LEAD · VS-ST-ABOVE
- DECL-HEAVY 44
- MAJOR-HEAVY 80%
- RANK-UPPER #58
- PHOTO-FINISH Pasco
- NRI-LOW 63
- ACT-HIGH High
- TYPE-LEAD Severe Storm
- VS-ST-ABOVE +37%
Nearest declaration peer: Pasco, FL (0 declaration gap)
FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 filing stamps for this county register. Read with this county → · Oklahoma state profile
Caddo County among high-volume declaration counties
FEMA declaration records among Caddo County and nearest peers by total count
- Los Angeles · largest
Los Angeles · largest
88 declarations
- Caddo · this county
Caddo · this county
44 declarations
- Levy · near
Levy · near
44 declarations
- McClain · near
McClain · near
44 declarations
- Pasco · near
Pasco · near
44 declarations
- Ujelang · smallest 1
Ujelang · smallest
1 declarations
What this shows Caddo County carries 44 FEMA declaration records, ranked 58 of 3,266 counties in this registry.
Where Caddo County ranks in the national declaration registry
Caddo County vs. high-volume counties in this registry
FEMA disaster declarations, all-time · Caddo County
44 Top 2% higher than 98% of 3,266 counties
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 · 2026-08-25
Caddo County's FEMA Risk Index score
Which hazard drives modeled loss here?
FEMA's modeled annual dollar loss for Caddo County is led by Riverine Flooding (about $5.5M Expected Annual Loss, Historical Loss Ratio Relatively Moderate), while Ice Storm carries the highest National Risk Index rating (Relatively High). EAL and risk score use different inputs; they need not agree.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025 release) - Expected Annual Loss vs composite risk rating by hazard.
What does Caddo County's hazard record show?
FEMA National Risk Index
This county carries a high composite score on FEMA's National Risk Index, 63.4/100, rated Relatively Low. Its Expected Annual Loss rating is Relatively Low (roughly $17.0M in annualized losses), and a Relatively High social-vulnerability profile combined with Very Low community resilience shapes how much of that raw exposure becomes realized harm. Of the 18 hazards FEMA models, Ice Storm stands out as the sharpest exposure here, rated Relatively High. FEMA's modeled frequency puts that hazard at an average of 1.3 times per year here, based on 89 historical events on record.
Reading the federal records together
This county has a small entry in FEMA's NFIP paid-claims table: 44 claims and $1.3M paid in total. PlainHazard calls 1-49 claims a light registry record, a label for this dataset rather than a finding that flood exposure is low. A short claims history can also reflect insurance take-up, the period covered, or losses that were never insured.
The declaration register points in the busier direction. Caddo County's 44 federal records stand 37% above the Oklahoma county mean of 32.2. That comparison describes how often federal action was recorded, including any Major Disaster, Emergency, and Fire Management entries shown on this page; it does not convert the count into future probability.
85 /100
Historical Activity Index
Very High historical activity
Caddo County, OK · PlainHazard-derived composite from federal records
This 0–100 index is an explicit PlainHazard composite from FEMA declaration history only on the county surface (this DB has no county-level NOAA damage row) . It is not FEMA's National Risk Index, not a forecast, and not a safety, insurance, or preparedness rating. Open the calculator · Methodology
FEMA Declarations (1953–present) Very High
30/30
44 OpenFEMA declarations, full ingest window (2.1x national county average)
County Disaster Density High
17/25
44 declarations (1.4x state county average of 32)
Major Disaster Share Very High
20/25
35 of 44 declarations are major disasters (80%)
Hazard Diversity Very High
18/20
7 different disaster types declared in Caddo County
FEMA NRI 8-hazard radar - Caddo County
How to read this radar
Each axis: NRI risk rating (Very Low-Very High) on a 0-100 scale. Rounder = broad exposure; spiky = one or two hazards dominate.
Major Disaster share
80%
Mostly major
NRI risk score
63
Relatively Low
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Per-county per-hazard ratings, December 2025 release
How often does each hazard strike Caddo County?
FEMA's National Risk Index models a historical event count and an annualized frequency for each hazard type. Most hazards are expressed as modeled occurrences per year; FEMA expresses drought and heat-wave frequency as event-days per year. These modeled frequencies are not forecasts.
| Hazard | NRI Risk Rating | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Storm | Relatively High | an average of 1.3 times per year |
| Drought | Relatively Moderate | 55 modeled event-days per year |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | an average of 12 times per year |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | roughly once every 234 years |
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | an average of 1.4 times per year |
| Cold Wave | Relatively Moderate | an average of 1.8 times per year |
| Strong Wind | Relatively Moderate | an average of 5.8 times per year |
| Heat Wave | Relatively Low | 12 modeled event-days per year |
| Landslide | Relatively Low | roughly once every 3 years |
| Winter Weather | Relatively Moderate | an average of 9.3 times per year |
| Earthquake | Very Low | roughly once every 668 years |
| Riverine Flooding | Relatively Low | an average of 1.5 times per year |
| Lightning | Relatively Low | an average of 50 times per year |
| Hurricane | Very Low | roughly once every 110 years |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Modeled annualized frequency; drought and heat wave use event-days/year, December 2025 release
Disaster Types
Severe Storm 19
Severe Ice Storm 11
Flood 6
Fire 3
Biological 2
Tornado 2
Hurricane 1
What Severe Storm declarations mean here
Severe Storm is the most frequent declaration type on Caddo County's record, 43% of its declarations. In FEMA's vocabulary this covers convective weather: thunderstorm straight-line winds, large hail, and the multi-day outbreaks that often carry embedded tornadoes. Activity is heaviest in spring and summer, though the season varies by region.
These events behave differently from a hurricane on paper. Damage tends to be distributed along a storm track rather than concentrated on a coastline, and a declaration typically follows an outbreak that crossed several counties over a few days, not a single point of impact. Because the qualifying threshold is the cost of uninsured public and individual losses rather than storm intensity, two similar storms can produce a declaration in one year and none in another.
Declaration counts describe past federal action. They are a record of what was declared, not a forecast of future hazard probability.
Declaration Types
What DR / EM / FM mean
FEMA categorizes declarations as Major Disasters (DR), Emergencies (EM), or Fire Management Assistance (FM).
Major Disaster - 35 79.5%
of all 44 declarations
Emergency - 7 15.9%
of all 44 declarations
Fire Management - 2 4.5%
of all 44 declarations
FEMA Declarations Timeline
| Year | Declarations | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | |
Show 8 earlier declaration years
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 1 | |
Disaster Declarations
How the 44 FEMA declarations break into federal action codes (DR / EM / FM). Same DISTINCT grain as the table below.
Download these 44 declarations as CSV . FEMA source data is public domain; our derived presentation is CC0.
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4791 | SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2024-06-14 |
| 4587 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2021-02-24 |
| 3555 | SEVERE WINTER STORM | EM | Severe Ice Storm | 2021-02-17 |
| 4575 | SEVERE WINTER STORM | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2020-12-21 |
| 4530 | COVID-19 PANDEMIC | DR | Biological | 2020-04-05 |
| 3462 | COVID-19 | EM | Biological | 2020-03-13 |
| 4438 | SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2019-06-01 |
| 4315 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2017-05-26 |
| 4274 | SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Flood | 2016-07-15 |
| 4256 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2016-02-10 |
| 4247 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2015-12-29 |
| 4222 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2015-05-26 |
| 1989 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2011-06-06 |
| 3316 | SEVERE WINTER STORM | EM | Severe Storm | 2011-02-02 |
| 1883 | SEVERE WINTER STORM | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2010-03-05 |
| 1876 | SEVERE WINTER STORM | DR | Severe Storm | 2010-02-25 |
| 3308 | SEVERE WINTER STORM | EM | Severe Storm | 2010-01-30 |
| 1754 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Flood | 2008-05-09 |
| 1735 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2007-12-18 |
| 3280 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS | EM | Severe Ice Storm | 2007-12-10 |
Show 24 earlier declaration records
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1718 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2007-08-24 |
| 1712 | SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES | DR | Severe Storm | 2007-07-07 |
| 1707 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2007-06-07 |
| 1678 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS | DR | Severe Storm | 2007-02-01 |
| 3272 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND FLOODING | EM | Severe Ice Storm | 2007-01-14 |
| 2634 | CEMENT FIRE | FM | Fire | 2006-04-06 |
| 2624 | STECKER FIRE | FM | Fire | 2006-01-19 |
| 1623 | EXTREME WILDFIRE THREAT | DR | Fire | 2006-01-10 |
| 3219 | HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION | EM | Hurricane | 2005-09-05 |
| 1452 | SEVERE ICE STORM | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2003-02-04 |
| 1401 | SEVERE WINTER ICE STORM | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2002-02-01 |
| 1395 | SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES | DR | Severe Storm | 2001-10-25 |
| 1384 | SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES | DR | Severe Storm | 2001-06-29 |
| 1355 | SEVERE WINTER ICE STORM | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2001-01-05 |
| 1349 | SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2000-11-27 |
| 1272 | OK, TORNADOES 5/3/99 | DR | Tornado | 1999-05-04 |
| 1066 | SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 1995-09-01 |
| 1058 | TORNADOES, SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Tornado | 1995-06-26 |
| 991 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 1993-05-12 |
| 866 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 1990-05-18 |
| 794 | SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING | DR | Flood | 1987-07-09 |
| 778 | SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING | DR | Flood | 1986-10-14 |
| 693 | SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING | DR | Flood | 1983-10-26 |
| 662 | SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING | DR | Flood | 1982-06-18 |
Storm Events in Oklahoma
Statewide NOAA context only. PlainHazard does not currently attribute these state totals to Caddo County.
| Storm Type | Events | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 5,894 | 0 | 1 | $19.8M |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 5,592 | 6 | 36 | $199.5M |
| Drought | 2,935 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Heat | 2,134 | 7 | 428 | $0 |
| Excessive Heat | 1,771 | 2 | 401 | $0 |
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database State-level aggregated data, 2015-2025
NFIP Flood Insurance Claims
Total Claims
44
Total Paid
$1.3M
Avg Per Claim
$30.4K
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) OpenFEMA Claims Data
FEMA National Risk Index
Overall Risk
Relatively Low
Score: 63.4/100
Expected Annual Loss
Relatively Low
$17.0M/year
Social Vulnerability
Relatively High
Community Resilience
Very Low
Hazard Risk Breakdown
Ice Storm Relatively High
Drought Relatively Moderate
Hail Relatively Moderate
Wildfire Relatively Low
Tornado Relatively Moderate
Cold Wave Relatively Moderate
Strong Wind Relatively Moderate
Heat Wave Relatively Low
Landslide Relatively Low
Winter Weather Relatively Moderate
Earthquake Very Low
Riverine Flooding Relatively Low
Lightning Relatively Low
Hurricane Very Low
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) Ratings reflect relative scores among all US counties. Data: hazards.fema.gov/nri
The model's sharpest exposure here: Ice Storm
Ice storms load power lines and tree limbs with accumulating freezing rain until they fail. The characteristic cost is infrastructure and multi-day power loss across a wide area rather than structural damage to buildings, which is why their consequences often outlast the weather that caused them.
Worth noting for Caddo County: the model and the federal record do NOT point at the same hazard. Ice Storm carries the highest modeled rating (Relatively High), while the county's declaration history is led by Severe Storm. That is not a contradiction, the two measure genuinely different things. Declarations record federal ACTION, which requires damage costly enough to exceed state and local capacity; the Risk Index models EXPECTED annual loss across all 18 hazards whether or not any declaration ever followed. A hazard can be the county's largest modeled exposure and never once have driven a declaration.
National Risk Index ratings are modeled estimates of expected annual loss, not predictions of what will happen in any given year.
Data-matched county comparisons
Caddo County's closest FEMA peer: Volusia County, FL
Comparisons use published FEMA declaration fields plus the National Risk Index composite for Caddo County. Record similarity, not a safety rating.
Closest declaration profiles
Caddo County shows 44 FEMA declarations, led by Severe Storm.
Similar Major-disaster share
Caddo County: 35 of 44 of its declarations are Major.
Similar modeled NRI score
Caddo County: NRI composite 63.4 (Relatively Low).
How these peers are chosen
Cohort: Published U.S. county equivalents outside the source state or territory. Each metric keeps six ETL candidates; three unique destinations are shown after de-duplicating across axes. Declaration-volume ranking combines count and Major-disaster share and prefers a different leading incident type; Major-share ranks the Major fraction adjusted for volume; NRI ranks the modeled composite score only.
Retained FEMA snapshot feed for Caddo County - capture-dated entries only.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by NRI score & FEMA declaration volume
Two PlainHazard-derived comparison paths for Caddo County: nearest out-of-state National Risk Index composite and nearest FEMA declaration count (floor ≥5 records). Record similarity only, not a forecast of the next hazard.
Similar NRI composite
Nearest out-of-state counties by FEMA NRI score. This county: 63.4 (Relatively Low).
Similar declaration volume
Nearest out-of-state counties by FEMA declaration count. This county: 44. NRI peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Further reading for this county
Most disaster-prone counties
With 44 FEMA declarations, Caddo County sits in the high-volume declaration band - see how that count ranks against other U.S. counties.
More PlainHazard guides
- Most disaster-prone counties - U.S. counties ranked by FEMA declaration totals.
- Understanding disaster data - declarations vs storm events vs NRI scores.
- Preparing for natural disasters - household checklist (not county-specific advice).
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most common disaster type in Caddo County?
The most common disaster type in Caddo County is Severe Storm, with 19 declarations. Other disaster types include Severe Ice Storm (11), Flood (6), Fire (3).
How does Caddo County's FEMA declaration record compare with the Oklahoma average?
FEMA lists 44 declaration records for Caddo County. That is 37% above the Oklahoma county mean of 32.2. Its count is also 112% above the national county mean of 20.7. A larger declaration history records more federal actions; it is not a forecast of the county's next hazard.
How many major FEMA disaster declarations has Caddo County received?
Caddo County has received 35 major disaster declarations, representing 80% of all 44 disaster declarations.
How many flood insurance claims has Caddo County filed?
Caddo County has 44 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims totaling $1.3M in payments, with an average of $30.4K per claim.
Does FEMA's top risk-rated hazard match the highest Expected Annual Loss in Caddo County?
No. In Caddo County, Ice Storm has the highest National Risk Index rating (Relatively High), while Riverine Flooding leads Expected Annual Loss at about $5.5M. FEMA's risk score and dollar-loss model use different inputs, so the leaders often differ.
What was the worst year for disasters in Caddo County?
The most active year for disaster declarations in Caddo County was 2007, with 5 declarations. The county has FEMA disaster data spanning 1982 to 2024.
What is the FEMA National Risk Index score for Caddo County?
According to the FEMA National Risk Index, Caddo County, Oklahoma has an overall risk score of 63.4 out of 100 (Relatively Low). Social vulnerability here rates Relatively High, while community resilience comes in at Very Low. The Expected Annual Loss (EAL) score is Relatively Low, representing $17.0M in annualized losses.
Which natural hazard poses the greatest risk to Caddo County?
FEMA's NRI data points to Caddo County is Ice Storm (risk rating: Relatively High). Other significant hazards include Drought (Relatively Moderate) and Hail (Relatively Moderate). FEMA's modeled event frequency puts ice storm here at an average of 1.3 times per year, drawn from 89 historical events on record. The underlying methodology weighs historical event frequency against exposed assets and community vulnerability.
Data Sources & Methodology
Disaster declaration data comes from the FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 API, which includes all federally declared disasters, emergencies, and fire management assistance grants.
Storm event data is sourced from the NOAA Storm Events Database (2015-2025), which tracks significant weather events including thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, and winter storms.
Flood insurance data comes from the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) OpenFEMA claims dataset.
This data is provided for informational purposes only. FEMA disaster declarations represent federal response actions and may not capture all local emergencies or weather events.
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