6 flood insurance claims·$131,813 paid·6 federal flood & hurricane disasters
Share of the whole county outline, rivers and lakes included; parts FEMA hasn’t mapped count as zero.
Shaded areas are FEMA’s mapped flood hazard zones in and around Haskell County, Oklahoma. Zoomed out they are simplified; at street level the map switches to FEMA’s exact layer. Tap anywhere to check that spot, or search an address above.
Flash flooding from slow-moving thunderstorms dominates the flood profile of Haskell County, Oklahoma. Over the last 30 years, the NOAA Storm Events Database recorded 39 flash flood events alongside 5 general flood events.
Heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding occurred during severe weather events in October 2019 and May 2020, driven by slow storm motion and approaching cold fronts that produced locally heavy rainfall across eastern Oklahoma.
National Flood Insurance Program records indicate that flood risks affect properties across multiple zones. Zone A policies accounted for 5 claims with an average payout of $16,653 and an average recorded water depth of 1 inch. Zone X policies recorded 1 claim with an average payout of $98,507 and an average recorded water depth of 1 inch. Homeowners, real estate agents, and journalists should pay the closest attention to properties located within designated Special Flood Hazard Areas (Zone A) as well as properties in moderate-to-low risk areas (Zone X) where severe storms can still produce costly flood damage.
Summary written from NOAA storm reports and NFIP claims for this county. Not a prediction.
In flood insurance claims here that reported a flood depth, the average was 1 inches.
Drawn to scale against an 80-inch door. Even a few inches soaks flooring, the bottom of the drywall and anything plugged in near the floor.
Average of the depths reported on claims (zero and implausible values left out); FEMA’s record doesn’t say exactly where each depth was measured. Source: OpenFEMA NFIP claims.
The worst year was 1990, with 2 claims and $6,494 paid, the year of Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding.
Bar height is scaled by square root so ordinary years stay visible next to the worst one. NFIP claims by year of loss. Source: OpenFEMA.
9 NOAA storm reports from Haskell County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Oklahoma flood stories →
34 federal disaster declarations since 1968, 6 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding | Apr 25, 2024 |
| Severe Winter Storm | Feb 8, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Feb 8, 2021 |
| Flooding | May 7, 2019 |
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding | May 7, 2019 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding | Apr 28, 2017 |
| Severe Winter Storms And Flooding | Dec 26, 2015 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding | May 5, 2015 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
44 since 1996: 39 flash floods and 5 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flood | May 15, 2020 | — |
| Flash Flood | Oct 10, 2019 | — |
| Flash Flood | Apr 29, 2017 | $500,000 |
| Flood | Dec 30, 2015 | $10,000 |
| Flood | Dec 28, 2015 | — |
| Flood | Dec 27, 2015 | — |
| Flash Flood | May 19, 2015 | — |
| Flash Flood | May 10, 2015 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flood · May 15, 2020. Thunderstorms developed into eastern Oklahoma during the morning of the 15th. The strongest storms produced damaging wind and a tornado across northeastern Oklahoma. Very moist air across the region, combined with slow storm motion, resulted in locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding. The storms developed slowly southward during the day, with intensification noted as they moved into southeastern Oklahoma, which…
Flash Flood · Oct 10, 2019. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed across eastern Oklahoma during the afternoon and evening of the 10th, as a cold front moved through the region. The strongest storms produced hail up to quarter size and damaging wind.
Flash Flood · Apr 29, 2017. Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the late evening hours of the 28th over portions of eastern Oklahoma, along and north of a warm front that had moved into the area during the day. These storms produced a strong tornado, hail up to baseball size, damaging wind, and locally heavy rainfall through the early morning hours of the 29th. ||Another round of severe weather developed during the afternoon hour…
Flood · Dec 30, 2015. A strong upper level low pressure system moved from the desert southwest into the Southern Plains in late December. Unseasonably moist air was in place across the region ahead of this approaching system as Pacific moisture in the mid and upper levels combined with very moist air in the low levels from the Gulf of Mexico. Strong atmospheric lift from the approaching upper level low and a warm front moving across th…
National Weather Service narratives, lightly trimmed. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Every colour on the map above is a place on this drawing: where the ground sits relative to the flood FEMA plans for.
If a building in Haskell County is in a high-risk zone (A or V) and its mortgage comes from a federally regulated or insured lender, or is federally backed, flood insurance is required.
Outside those zones it is optional, and often worth having: from 2014 to 2024 nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. Since Risk Rating 2.0, NFIP premiums are set for each building, so the only reliable price is a quote: FloodSmart.gov or a local agent.