FEMA Records
36
Very high volume
Oklahoma · FEMA + NOAA + National Risk Index
Comanche County, OK
36 FEMA disaster declarations (1973-2023), with a FEMA National Risk Index rating of Relatively Moderate. Most common hazard: Severe Storm.
- 36
- FEMA declarations
- 25
- Major disasters
- 86
- NRI risk · Relatively Moderate
- Severe Storm
- Top hazard
The verdict
Two federal records point in the busier direction for Comanche County. Its 36 FEMA declarations are 12% above the Oklahoma county mean and exceed the count for 94% of the 3,266 counties in this registry. Separately, FEMA's National Risk Index places it in the riskiest 14%, based on modeled expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience.
- Riskiest 14%
- of U.S. counties for FEMA National Risk Index score
- Relatively Moderate
- FEMA National Risk Index rating
- 36
- FEMA declarations vs 21 national county avg
- 835
- 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 40031 · Comanche County 36 declarations · rank 193/3,266
DECL-HEAVY · MAJOR-MID · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · NRI-MID · ACT-HIGH · TYPE-LEAD · VS-ST-ABOVE
- DECL-HEAVY 36
- MAJOR-MID 69%
- RANK-UPPER #193
- PHOTO-FINISH Hardee
- NRI-MID 86
- ACT-HIGH High
- TYPE-LEAD Severe Storm
- VS-ST-ABOVE +12%
Nearest declaration peer: Hardee, FL (0 declaration gap)
FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 filing stamps for this county register. Read with this county → · Oklahoma state profile
Comanche County among high-volume declaration counties
FEMA declaration records among Comanche County and nearest peers by total count
- Los Angeles · largest
Los Angeles · largest
88 declarations
- Comanche · this county
Comanche · this county
36 declarations
- Hardee · near
Hardee · near
36 declarations
- Pearl River · near
Pearl River · near
36 declarations
- Suffolk · near
Suffolk · near
36 declarations
- Ujelang · smallest 1
Ujelang · smallest
1 declarations
What this shows Comanche County carries 36 FEMA declaration records, ranked 193 of 3,266 counties in this registry.
Where Comanche County ranks in the national declaration registry
Comanche County vs. high-volume counties in this registry
FEMA disaster declarations, all-time · Comanche County
36 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Comanche County's FEMA Risk Index score
Which hazard drives modeled loss here?
FEMA's modeled annual dollar loss for Comanche County is led by Riverine Flooding (about $19.7M Expected Annual Loss, Historical Loss Ratio Relatively Low), while Strong Wind 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 Comanche County's hazard record show?
Reading the federal records together
FEMA's NFIP table contains a substantial paid-claim history for this county: 835 claims and $23.4M in payments. PlainHazard labels 500 or more claims a heavy registry record; that is a reporting bucket, not an official FEMA risk grade. The average paid claim was $28.0K. NFIP totals exclude uninsured flood losses and do not measure how many properties currently carry a policy.
The declaration register points in the busier direction. Comanche County's 36 federal records stand 12% 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.
FEMA National Risk Index
This county sits among the highest-risk counties nationally on FEMA's National Risk Index, a composite score of 86.2/100 (Relatively Moderate). Expected Annual Loss is rated Relatively Low (roughly $50.8M in annualized losses). Social vulnerability reads Relatively Moderate and community resilience Relatively Low, both critical modifiers of realized harm here. Of the 18 hazards FEMA models, Strong Wind stands out as the sharpest exposure here, rated Relatively High. FEMA's modeled frequency puts that hazard at an average of 5.4 times per year here, based on 205 historical events on record.
75 /100
Historical Activity Index
Very High historical activity
Comanche 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
26/30
36 OpenFEMA declarations, full ingest window (1.7x national county average)
County Disaster Density High
14/25
36 declarations (1.1x state county average of 32)
Major Disaster Share High
17/25
25 of 36 declarations are major disasters (69%)
Hazard Diversity Very High
18/20
7 different disaster types declared in Comanche County
FEMA NRI 8-hazard radar - Comanche 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
69%
Major-heavy
NRI risk score
86
Relatively Moderate
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Per-county per-hazard ratings, December 2025 release
How often does each hazard strike Comanche 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind | Relatively High | an average of 5.4 times per year |
| Ice Storm | Very High | an average of 1.2 times per year |
| Tornado | Relatively High | an average of 1.1 times per year |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | an average of 12 times per year |
| Wildfire | Relatively Moderate | roughly once every 174 years |
| Cold Wave | Relatively High | an average of 1.7 times per year |
| Winter Weather | Relatively High | an average of 8.2 times per year |
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | roughly once every 707 years |
| Riverine Flooding | Relatively Moderate | an average of 2 times per year |
| Heat Wave | Relatively Low | 15 modeled event-days per year |
| Drought | Relatively Moderate | 79 modeled event-days per year |
| Landslide | Relatively Low | roughly once every 4 years |
| Lightning | Relatively Moderate | an average of 50 times per year |
| Hurricane | Very Low | roughly once every 103 years |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Modeled annualized frequency; drought and heat wave use event-days/year, December 2025 release
Disaster Types
Severe Storm 15
Severe Ice Storm 8
Fire 5
Flood 4
Biological 2
Hurricane 1
Tornado 1
What Severe Storm declarations mean here
Severe Storm is the most frequent declaration type on Comanche County's record, 42% 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 - 25 69.4%
of all 36 declarations
Emergency - 7 19.4%
of all 36 declarations
Fire Management - 4 11.1%
of all 36 declarations
FEMA Declarations Timeline
| Year | Declarations | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
Show 4 earlier declaration years
| 1987 | 2 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1979 | 1 | |
| 1973 | 1 | |
Disaster Declarations
How the 36 FEMA declarations break into federal action codes (DR / EM / FM). Same DISTINCT grain as the table below.
Download these 36 declarations as CSV . FEMA source data is public domain; our derived presentation is CC0.
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4721 | SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND TORNADOES | DR | Severe Storm | 2023-07-19 |
| 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 |
| 4274 | SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Flood | 2016-07-15 |
| 4256 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2016-02-10 |
| 4222 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2015-05-26 |
| 2956 | FERGUSON FIRE | FM | Fire | 2011-09-03 |
| 2932 | MEDICINE PARK FIRE | FM | Fire | 2011-06-24 |
| 2890 | GOODYEAR PLANT FIRE | FM | Fire | 2011-04-15 |
| 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 |
| 1823 | SEVERE WINTER STORM | DR | Severe Storm | 2009-02-17 |
| 3280 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS | EM | Severe Ice Storm | 2007-12-10 |
| 1723 | SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES | DR | Severe Storm | 2007-08-31 |
| 1718 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2007-08-24 |
Show 16 earlier declaration records
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1623 | EXTREME WILDFIRE THREAT | DR | Fire | 2006-01-10 |
| 3219 | HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION | EM | Hurricane | 2005-09-05 |
| 2482 | OK - BIG ROCK FIRE - 07/18/03 | FM | Fire | 2003-07-22 |
| 1401 | SEVERE WINTER ICE STORM | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2002-02-01 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 576 | SEVERE STORMS & TORNADOES | DR | Tornado | 1979-04-13 |
| 392 | SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, & TORNADOES | DR | Severe Storm | 1973-06-13 |
Storm Events in Oklahoma
Statewide NOAA context only. PlainHazard does not currently attribute these state totals to Comanche 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
835
Total Paid
$23.4M
Avg Per Claim
$28.0K
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) OpenFEMA Claims Data
FEMA National Risk Index
Overall Risk
Relatively Moderate
Score: 86.2/100
Expected Annual Loss
Relatively Low
$50.8M/year
Social Vulnerability
Relatively Moderate
Community Resilience
Relatively Low
Hazard Risk Breakdown
Strong Wind Relatively High
Ice Storm Very High
Tornado Relatively High
Hail Relatively Moderate
Wildfire Relatively Moderate
Cold Wave Relatively High
Winter Weather Relatively High
Earthquake Relatively Low
Riverine Flooding Relatively Moderate
Heat Wave Relatively Low
Drought Relatively Moderate
Landslide Relatively Low
Lightning Relatively Moderate
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: Strong Wind
Strong Wind covers damaging non-thunderstorm, non-tornadic wind, the kind produced by steep pressure gradients and downslope events. It is a broad, frequent, low-drama hazard: roofs, signage, power lines and high-profile vehicles, spread across a wide area rather than concentrated on a path.
For Comanche County the two measures on this page point the same way: Strong Wind is the county's highest-rated modeled hazard (Relatively High), and Severe Storm declarations also lead its federal record. Where the model and the declaration history agree, the reading is comparatively straightforward, the hazard is both expected and repeatedly realised.
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
Comanche County's closest FEMA peer: Suffolk County, NY
Comparisons use published FEMA declaration fields plus the National Risk Index composite for Comanche County. Record similarity, not a safety rating.
Closest declaration profiles
Comanche County shows 36 FEMA declarations, led by Severe Storm.
Similar Major-disaster share
Comanche County: 25 of 36 of its declarations are Major.
Similar modeled NRI score
Comanche County: NRI composite 86.2 (Relatively Moderate).
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 Comanche County - capture-dated entries only.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by NRI score & FEMA declaration volume
Two PlainHazard-derived comparison paths for Comanche 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: 86.2 (Relatively Moderate).
Similar declaration volume
Nearest out-of-state counties by FEMA declaration count. This county: 36. NRI peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Further reading for this county
Understanding disaster data
Comanche County's NFIP claims file (835 claims) and FEMA declaration history measure different federal records - this guide separates them from modeled NRI risk.
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 Comanche County?
The most common disaster type in Comanche County is Severe Storm, with 15 declarations. Other disaster types include Severe Ice Storm (8), Fire (5), Flood (4).
How does Comanche County's FEMA declaration record compare with the Oklahoma average?
FEMA lists 36 declaration records for Comanche County. That is 12% above the Oklahoma county mean of 32.2. Its count is also 74% 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 Comanche County received?
Comanche County has received 25 major disaster declarations, representing 69% of all 36 disaster declarations.
How many flood insurance claims has Comanche County filed?
Comanche County has 835 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims totaling $23.4M in payments, with an average of $28.0K per claim.
Does FEMA's top risk-rated hazard match the highest Expected Annual Loss in Comanche County?
No. In Comanche County, Strong Wind has the highest National Risk Index rating (Relatively High), while Riverine Flooding leads Expected Annual Loss at about $19.7M. FEMA's risk score and dollar-loss model use different inputs, so the leaders often differ.
What was the worst year for disasters in Comanche County?
The most active year for disaster declarations in Comanche County was 2007, with 6 declarations. The county has FEMA disaster data spanning 1973 to 2023.
What is the FEMA National Risk Index score for Comanche County?
According to the FEMA National Risk Index, Comanche County, Oklahoma has an overall risk score of 86.2 out of 100 (Relatively Moderate). On social vulnerability the county rates Relatively Moderate; on community resilience, Relatively Low. The Expected Annual Loss (EAL) score is Relatively Low, representing $50.8M in annualized losses.
Which natural hazard poses the greatest risk to Comanche County?
Based on FEMA NRI data, the highest-risk natural hazard in Comanche County as of the latest release is Strong Wind (risk rating: Relatively High). Other significant hazards include Ice Storm (Very High) and Tornado (Relatively High). FEMA's modeled event frequency puts strong wind here at an average of 5.4 times per year, drawn from 205 historical events on record. FEMA derives these ratings from historical event frequency, the assets exposed, and the community's vulnerability profile.
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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