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Floods in Oklahoma

Property owners in Oklahoma have filed 12,875 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $258 million paid.

  • 12,875flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $258Mpaid on those claims
  • 1984most claims in one year, 1,604
  • 28thamong the states for claims
2026
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Oklahoma per year 1978: 96 1979: 382 1980: 182 1981: 132 1982: 211 1983: 196 1984: 1,604 1,604 1985: 319 1986: 1,076 1987: 308 1988: 99 1989: 234 1990: 217 1991: 39 1992: 127 1993: 685 1994: 307 1995: 663 1996: 110 1997: 81 1998: 237 1999: 229 2000: 469 2001: 46 2002: 96 2003: 33 2004: 162 2005: 16 2006: 42 2007: 1,006 2008: 346 2009: 152 2010: 262 2011: 144 2012: 37 2013: 352 2014: 38 2015: 760 2016: 190 2017: 110 2018: 57 2019: 608 2020: 51 2021: 76 2022: 116 2023: 17 2024: 28 2025: 95 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
May 31, 2013Flash FloodBlaine, Caddo, Canadian13$592,000
Aug 18, 2007Flash FloodBlaine, Caddo, Canadian6$5.1 million
May 23, 2015FloodCherokee, Choctaw, Creek4$105,000
Sep 26, 1996Flash FloodCherokee4—

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Oklahoma
Tulsa County3,822
Oklahoma County1,715
Ottawa County1,161
Comanche County835
Logan County460
Cleveland County400
Washington County372
Kay County346
Wagoner County341
Kingfisher County288
Muskogee County260
Creek County259
Rogers County247
Canadian County232
Grady County229
Pottawatomie County153
Mayes County122
Delaware County115
Okmulgee County111
Cherokee County106
Payne County100
Osage County96
Stephens County91
Carter County84
Garfield County81
Garvin County65
McCurtain County54
McClain County49
Sequoyah County46
Craig County46
Woodward County46
Seminole County44
Caddo County44
Le Flore County43
Alfalfa County37
Harmon County27
Lincoln County27
Bryan County26
Pittsburg County26
Adair County25
Kiowa County22
Pontotoc County22
Custer County19
Major County18
Cotton County17
Nowata County13
Woods County11
Grant County9
Marshall County8
Beckham County8
Jackson County7
Murray County7
Blaine County7
Atoka County7
Jefferson County6
Choctaw County6
Pawnee County6
Haskell County6
Tillman County5
Washita County5
Johnston County4
Noble County4
Greer County4
Latimer County3
Texas County3
McIntosh County3
Ellis County3
Hughes County2
Coal County2
Okfuskee County2
Harper County2
Love County1
Pushmataha County1
Beaver County1

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).