Beaver County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Beaver County: 2.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jan 14, 2017Ice Storm, Beaver$40.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A strong upper level low pressure system moved due east near the US/Mexico border and was centered over northern Mexico near the New Mexico state line by the morning of the 15th. With the jet streak around the base of the upper level low to the south and a northern stream jet with its western extent over Nebraska, a large region of vertical ascent with upper level divergence was also present. The strong mid level winds helped to steer the south-southeasterly 850-700 hPa flow. As a result, throughout the 14th and early on the 15th, upper air soundings showed a pronounced warm nose of around 5C between 800-850 mb. With below freezing temperatures right at the surface, this was ideal…

2. Feb 27, 2024Wildfire, Beaver$20.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The cause of this fire was unknown. Fire was located just northeast of Slapout, OK and burned 26,020 acres and continued to remain active through March 8th. Estimated costs of the fire from the Forestry Service were around $323,000. Damage estimations from the fire from the OSU Extension Service included the loss of 504 head of cattle, 35,000 bales of hay, 3 occupied houses and 1 unoccupied house, 12 barns and 1 solar array. This is approximately 2.3% of pastureland in the county that was temporarily removed from production, and 7.4% of the county cow inventory that either perished in the fire or was subsequently culled or euthanized due to injury. Estimated losses based on this…

3. Sep 12, 1999Thunderstorm Wind$8.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Damage reported to be six and a half million dollars in structural damage and one and a half million dollars in damage to vehicles. Fourteen hundred homes in Beaver were damaged with two homes completely destroyed and twenty-three homes deemed to be unlivable. There were no injuries from the storm.

4. Jun 24, 2021Thunderstorm Wind$1.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Power company reports 46 power transmission poles taken out or damaged by thunderstorm winds.

5. Aug 9, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Beaver County Emergency Managers Office reported that a total of five hog farms were damaged by the strong thunderstorm wind gusts. Two of the hog farms were significantly damaged with the roofs blown off along with damage to the sides of the buildings. Another hog farm was missing part of the roof while the other two hog farms had lesser damage to their roofs. All five of the hog farms are still standing but there was a lot of debris laying around. There was also a report that numerous trees were blown over by the strong thunderstorm wind gusts. The debris from the hog farms and the tree damage were located on Oklahoma State Highway 23 on the west and east sides of the…

6. Mar 7, 2020Wildfire, Beaver$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The 412 wildfire began around 1000CST about four miles east southeast of Balko Oklahoma in Beaver County. The wildfire was moving north northeast at a rate of one hundred and three feet per minute. The towns of Beaver and Forgan were evacuated. There was a report of five hundred an fifty structures were threatened and one hundred and twenty-five other minor structures threatened. There was also a report of five single residences which were damaged and another ten residences along with several other larger buildings were destroyed. There were no reports of any fatalities, however a few people suffered smoke inhalation. The wildfire consumed an estimated twenty-nine thousand and…

7. May 28, 2013Thunderstorm Wind$800,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A cluster of thunderstorms developed along a retreating dryline across the north central Texas Panhandle, moved to the northeast, and entered Beaver County. While over the city of Elmwood (Beaver County), the thunderstorms produced a localized downburst that blew 8 power poles down. The Beaver County Emergency Manager relayed a report of the damage to the National Weather Service office in Amarillo (Potter County). The cluster of thunderstorms would continue a northeastern track before dissipating over southern Kansas.

8. Feb 24, 2013Blizzard, Beaver$720,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Blizzard conditions observed by the Beaver County Emergency Manager, a maximum of 15 inches of snow at Slapout, and a max wind gusts of 46 mph. Also multiple stranded motorist were reported.

9. Apr 10, 2001Tornado$450,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An official storm damage survey was made and the tornado path length and width were estimated. Extensive damage to two homes...several barns...farm equipment...power poles...trees and a windmill.

10. Apr 10, 2001Tornado$250,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    An official storm damage survey was made and the tornado path length and width were estimated. The tornado destroyed at least two barns...some farm equipment...uprooted large trees and snapped power poles.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

114°F2 times, most recently Jun 10, 1981

All-time low

−20°FFeb 27, 1930

Warmest night

85°FJun 27, 1936

Coldest day

0°FJan 30, 1893

Wettest day

8.00 inMay 22, 1991

Snowiest day

15.0 inDec 19, 1911

Hottest year

1934mean 60.9°F

Coldest year

1912mean 53.6°F

Wettest year

201546.56 in

Driest year

19569.62 in

Snowiest season

53.3 in1911-12

Station Liberal (USC00144695), 2,834 ft elevation, 20.3 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1893 to October 26, 2026; 98.6% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00144695.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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