Natural Disasters in Gans, OK

Hazard risk, disaster history, and FEMA data

Natural Hazard Risk

Source: FEMA National Risk Index

Risk Score

79.1

Relatively Low

Expected Annual Loss

65.9

Score (0-100)

Social Vulnerability

93.7

Score (0-100)

Community Resilience

5.0

Score (0-100)

Top Hazard Risks

Wildfire96.1Ice Storm95.9Heat Wave95.2

Hazard	Risk Score
Wildfire	96.1
Ice Storm	95.9
Heat Wave	95.2
Lightning	88.7
Tornado	86.0
Drought	80.6
Strong Wind	77.4
Winter Weather	75.4
Earthquake	67.0
Cold Wave	64.8
Hail	56.5
Landslide	50.1
Hurricane	41.5

Scores range from 0 (lowest risk) to 100 (highest risk) relative to all U.S. communities. Data from FEMA National Risk Index.

Disaster Declarations

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA

Total Declarations

Most Recent

Severe Ice Storm

Feb 2021

Most Common Type

Severe Storm

15 declarations

Date	Type	Declaration
Feb 24, 2021	Severe Ice Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORMS
Feb 17, 2021	Severe Ice Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Apr 5, 2020	Biological	COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Mar 13, 2020	Biological	COVID-19
Jun 1, 2019	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
May 25, 2019	Flood	FLOODING
May 26, 2017	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
Feb 10, 2016	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND FLOODING
May 26, 2015	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND FLOODING
May 27, 2011	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
Feb 2, 2011	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Mar 5, 2010	Severe Ice Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Feb 25, 2010	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Jan 30, 2010	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Feb 17, 2009	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
May 9, 2008	Flood	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
May 5, 2008	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
Dec 10, 2007	Severe Ice Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORMS
Jul 7, 2007	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES
Feb 1, 2007	Severe Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORMS

Showing 20 of 31 declarations

Flood Insurance (NFIP)

Source: FEMA NFIP

Total Claims

Total Claims Paid

$1,173,618

Avg Claim Payout

$25,513

County-level NFIP data from FEMA National Flood Insurance Program.

Disaster Recovery Spending

Source: FEMA Public Assistance

Total Federal Spending

$4,248,650

Disasters with PA

Total Projects

160

Disaster	Type	Projects	Federal $
DR-4222	Severe Storm(s)	25	$1,530,092
DR-4256	Severe Storm(s)	4	$727,696
DR-4438	Severe Storm(s)	13	$636,610
DR-1988	Severe Storm(s)	53	$364,079
DR-4315	Severe Storm(s)	10	$299,274
DR-1883	Severe Ice Storm	15	$270,393
DR-1712	Severe Storm(s)	23	$221,136
DR-1876	Severe Storm(s)	11	$175,142
DR-1823	Severe Storm(s)	4	$15,943
DR-4587	Winter Storm	2	$8,285

Hazard Mitigation

Source: FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Mitigation Projects

Federal Funding

$743,713

Properties Protected

Avg Benefit-Cost Ratio

1.82

BCR

Top Mitigation Project Types

Project Type	Projects	Federal $
206.2: Safe Room (Tornado and Severe Wind Shelter) - Public Structures	6	$488,076
91.1: Local Multihazard Mitigation Plan	3	$80,764
600.1: Warning Systems (as a Component of a Planned, Adopted, and Exercised Risk Reduction Plan)	2	$40,000
403.2: Stormwater Management - Diversions	2	$0
205.8: Retrofitting Public Structures - Wind	2	$0

Federally funded projects to reduce future disaster risk. Only includes completed or obligated projects.

Gans has a relatively low overall natural hazard risk rating according to FEMA's National Risk Index. The top hazard risks are wildfire, ice storm, heat wave. The area has had 31 federal disaster declarations. The most common disaster type is severe storm (15 declarations). 46 flood insurance claims have been filed in the area. FEMA has obligated $4,248,650 in public assistance recovery funding. 17 hazard mitigation projects have been funded to reduce future risk.