FEMA Records
40
Very high volume
Oklahoma · FEMA + NOAA + National Risk Index
Okfuskee County, OK
40 FEMA disaster declarations (1974-2025), with a FEMA National Risk Index rating of Very Low. Most common hazard: Severe Storm.
- 40
- FEMA declarations
- 31
- Major disasters
- 40
- NRI risk · Very Low
- Severe Storm
- Top hazard
The verdict
Two federal records point in the busier direction for Okfuskee County. Its 40 FEMA declarations are 24% above the Oklahoma county mean and exceed the count for 97% of the 3,266 counties in this registry. Separately, FEMA's National Risk Index places it safer than 40%, based on modeled expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience.
- Safer than 40%
- of U.S. counties for FEMA National Risk Index score
- Very Low
- FEMA National Risk Index rating
- 40
- FEMA declarations vs 21 national county avg
- 2
- 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 40107 · Okfuskee County 40 declarations · rank 98/3,266
DECL-HEAVY · MAJOR-MID · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · NRI-LOW · ACT-HIGH · TYPE-LEAD · VS-ST-ABOVE
- DECL-HEAVY 40
- MAJOR-MID 78%
- RANK-UPPER #98
- PHOTO-FINISH Essex
- NRI-LOW Very Low
- ACT-HIGH High
- TYPE-LEAD Severe Storm
- VS-ST-ABOVE +24%
Nearest declaration peer: Essex, MA (0 declaration gap)
FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 filing stamps for this county register. Read with this county → · Oklahoma state profile
Okfuskee County among high-volume declaration counties
FEMA declaration records among Okfuskee County and nearest peers by total count
- Los Angeles · largest
Los Angeles · largest
88 declarations
- Essex · near
Essex · near
40 declarations
- Grafton · near
Grafton · near
40 declarations
- Okfuskee · this county
Okfuskee · this county
40 declarations
- Tulsa · near
Tulsa · near
40 declarations
- Ujelang · smallest 1
Ujelang · smallest
1 declarations
What this shows Okfuskee County carries 40 FEMA declaration records, ranked 98 of 3,266 counties in this registry.
Where Okfuskee County ranks in the national declaration registry
Okfuskee County vs. high-volume counties in this registry
FEMA disaster declarations, all-time · Okfuskee County
40 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Okfuskee County's FEMA Risk Index score
What does Okfuskee County's hazard record show?
FEMA National Risk Index
FEMA's data shows an elevated National Risk Index composite of 40.4/100 for this county (Very Low rating). Expected Annual Loss comes in at Very Low (roughly $7.5M in annualized losses). Social vulnerability (Very High) and community resilience (Very Low) both factor into how that raw exposure plays out on the ground. Of the 18 hazards FEMA models, Drought stands out as the sharpest exposure here, rated Relatively High. FEMA's modeled frequency puts that hazard at 35 modeled event-days per year here, based on 1,022 historical events on record.
Reading the federal records together
This county has a small entry in FEMA's NFIP paid-claims table: 2 claims and $4.2K 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. Okfuskee County's 40 federal records stand 24% 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.
82 /100
Historical Activity Index
Very High historical activity
Okfuskee 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
29/30
40 OpenFEMA declarations, full ingest window (1.9x national county average)
County Disaster Density High
16/25
40 declarations (1.2x state county average of 32)
Major Disaster Share Very High
19/25
31 of 40 declarations are major disasters (78%)
Hazard Diversity Very High
18/20
7 different disaster types declared in Okfuskee County
FEMA NRI 8-hazard radar - Okfuskee 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
78%
Mostly major
NRI risk score
40
Very Low
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Per-county per-hazard ratings, December 2025 release
How often does each hazard strike Okfuskee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Drought | Relatively High | 35 modeled event-days per year |
| Wildfire | Relatively Moderate | roughly once every 62 years |
| Ice Storm | Relatively High | an average of 1.3 times per year |
| Hail | Relatively Moderate | an average of 9.4 times per year |
| Heat Wave | Relatively Low | 25 modeled event-days per year |
| Landslide | Very Low | roughly once every 6 years |
| Winter Weather | Relatively Low | an average of 8 times per year |
| Tornado | Relatively Low | roughly once every 1 years |
| Earthquake | Very Low | roughly once every 794 years |
| Cold Wave | Relatively Low | an average of 1.2 times per year |
| Lightning | Relatively Low | an average of 55 times per year |
| Strong Wind | Relatively Low | an average of 5.7 times per year |
| Hurricane | Very Low | roughly once every 171 years |
| Riverine Flooding | Very Low | an average of 1.4 times per year |
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 8
Flood 5
Tornado 3
Biological 2
Fire 2
Hurricane 1
What Severe Storm declarations mean here
Severe Storm is the most frequent declaration type on Okfuskee County's record, 48% 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 - 31 77.5%
of all 40 declarations
Emergency - 8 20.0%
of all 40 declarations
Fire Management - 1 2.5%
of all 40 declarations
FEMA Declarations Timeline
| Year | Declarations | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
Show 8 earlier declaration years
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 3 | |
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
| 1984 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 1 | |
| 1974 | 1 | |
Disaster Declarations
How the 40 FEMA declarations break into federal action codes (DR / EM / FM). Same DISTINCT grain as the table below.
Download these 40 declarations as CSV . FEMA source data is public domain; our derived presentation is CC0.
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4862 | SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2025-03-18 |
| 4776 | SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Tornado | 2024-04-30 |
| 4587 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2021-02-24 |
| 3555 | SEVERE WINTER STORM | EM | Severe Ice Storm | 2021-02-17 |
| 4530 | COVID-19 PANDEMIC | DR | Biological | 2020-04-05 |
| 3462 | COVID-19 | EM | Biological | 2020-03-13 |
| 4453 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2019-07-12 |
| 4438 | SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2019-06-01 |
| 4324 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING | DR | Tornado | 2017-07-25 |
| 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 |
| 4117 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Tornado | 2013-05-20 |
| 3316 | SEVERE WINTER STORM | EM | Severe Storm | 2011-02-02 |
| 1917 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS | DR | Severe Storm | 2010-05-24 |
| 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 |
| 1775 | SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2008-07-09 |
| 1754 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Flood | 2008-05-09 |
Show 20 earlier declaration records
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1752 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2008-05-05 |
| 1735 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2007-12-18 |
| 3280 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS | EM | Severe Ice Storm | 2007-12-10 |
| 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 |
| 1623 | EXTREME WILDFIRE THREAT | DR | Fire | 2006-01-10 |
| 2606 | PRAGUE FIRE | FM | Fire | 2006-01-02 |
| 3219 | HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION | EM | Hurricane | 2005-09-05 |
| 1465 | SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES | DR | Severe Storm | 2003-05-10 |
| 1384 | SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES | DR | Severe Storm | 2001-06-29 |
| 1355 | SEVERE WINTER ICE STORM | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2001-01-05 |
| 3158 | SEVERE WINTER AND ICE STORM | EM | Severe Ice Storm | 2000-12-28 |
| 991 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 1993-05-12 |
| 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 |
| 441 | SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING | DR | Flood | 1974-06-10 |
Storm Events in Oklahoma
Statewide NOAA context only. PlainHazard does not currently attribute these state totals to Okfuskee 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
2
Total Paid
$4.2K
Avg Per Claim
$2.1K
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) OpenFEMA Claims Data
FEMA National Risk Index
Overall Risk
Very Low
Score: 40.4/100
Expected Annual Loss
Very Low
$7.5M/year
Social Vulnerability
Very High
Community Resilience
Very Low
Hazard Risk Breakdown
Drought Relatively High
Wildfire Relatively Moderate
Ice Storm Relatively High
Hail Relatively Moderate
Heat Wave Relatively Low
Landslide Very Low
Winter Weather Relatively Low
Tornado Relatively Low
Earthquake Very Low
Cold Wave Relatively Low
Lightning Relatively Low
Strong Wind Relatively Low
Hurricane Very Low
Riverine Flooding 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: Drought
Drought is the slowest of the modeled hazards and the least visible: it does its damage to agriculture, water supply and soil over seasons rather than hours, so it rarely produces the kind of single-day damage that drives a disaster declaration. FEMA scores it in event-days per year rather than discrete events for exactly that reason.
Worth noting for Okfuskee County: the model and the federal record do NOT point at the same hazard. Drought 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
Okfuskee County's closest FEMA peer: Mobile County, AL
Comparisons use published FEMA declaration fields plus the National Risk Index composite for Okfuskee County. Record similarity, not a safety rating.
Closest declaration profiles
Okfuskee County shows 40 FEMA declarations, led by Severe Storm.
Similar Major-disaster share
Okfuskee County: 31 of 40 of its declarations are Major.
Similar modeled NRI score
Okfuskee County: NRI composite 40.4 (Very 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 Okfuskee County - capture-dated entries only.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by NRI score & FEMA declaration volume
Two PlainHazard-derived comparison paths for Okfuskee 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: 40.4 (Very Low).
Similar declaration volume
Nearest out-of-state counties by FEMA declaration count. This county: 40. NRI peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Further reading for this county
Most disaster-prone counties
With 40 FEMA declarations, Okfuskee 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 Okfuskee County?
The most common disaster type in Okfuskee County is Severe Storm, with 19 declarations. Other disaster types include Severe Ice Storm (8), Flood (5), Tornado (3).
How does Okfuskee County's FEMA declaration record compare with the Oklahoma average?
FEMA lists 40 declaration records for Okfuskee County. That is 24% above the Oklahoma county mean of 32.2. Its count is also 93% 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 Okfuskee County received?
Okfuskee County has received 31 major disaster declarations, representing 78% of all 40 disaster declarations.
How many flood insurance claims has Okfuskee County filed?
Okfuskee County has 2 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims totaling $4.2K in payments, with an average of $2.1K per claim.
What was the worst year for disasters in Okfuskee County?
The most active year for disaster declarations in Okfuskee County was 2007, with 5 declarations. The county has FEMA disaster data spanning 1974 to 2025.
What is the FEMA National Risk Index score for Okfuskee County?
According to the FEMA National Risk Index, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma has an overall risk score of 40.4 out of 100 (Very Low). On social vulnerability the county rates Very High; on community resilience, Very Low. The Expected Annual Loss (EAL) score is Very Low, representing $7.5M in annualized losses.
Which natural hazard poses the greatest risk to Okfuskee County?
Based on FEMA NRI data, the highest-risk natural hazard in Okfuskee County is Drought (risk rating: Relatively High). Other significant hazards include Wildfire (Relatively Moderate) and Ice Storm (Relatively High). FEMA's modeled event frequency puts drought here at 35 modeled event-days per year, drawn from 1,022 historical events on record. These scores are based on FEMA's analysis of historical event frequency, 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.
FEMA OpenFEMA declarations + NRI for Okfuskee County · vintage 2026-08-25 · Methodology · Oklahoma profile · Verify with FEMA OpenFEMA · Verify with NOAA Storm Events