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Comanche County, Oklahoma

Comanche County recorded 20 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 7 emergency declarations and 4 fire management declarations, 31 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Comanche County, OK

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

20
Major disasters
7
Emergency declarations
4
Fire management grants
31
All declarations on record
Jul 2023
Most recent
$52.7M
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Comanche County runs between 2000 and 2023, covering 31 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes in 2023. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, severe ice storm, and fire. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $52.7 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

Risk and vulnerability context

Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.

County FIPS 40031
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
92.1
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 92.1% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status81.3
Household characteristics89.0
Racial and ethnic minority status83.5
Housing type and transportation93.5

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
86.2
overall risk score
Relatively Moderate
Expected annual loss$50.8MRelatively Low
NRI social vulnerability59.6Relatively Moderate
Community resilience26.6Relatively Low

The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation

About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.

Federal Public Assistance obligated

$53M has been obligated to Comanche County in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$50M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $3M, or 6% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received.

Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.

Federal Public Assistance by category

Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)316$20,643,131
Buildings and equipment(E)105$15,154,888
Debris removal(A)74$5,923,764
Emergency protective measures(B)113$5,442,361
Utilities(F)35$4,428,273
Management costs(Z)8$506,479
Water control facilities(D)8$415,212
Parks and recreation(G)14$214,784
All categories673$52,728,892

Recovery funding, how fast it came

For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 6-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 147 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes 2023$15.9M
211 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms 2021$126K
142 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm 2020$700K
114 days to first federal obligation
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$3.1M
108 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2016$1.5M
153 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms And Flooding 2016$11K
460 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr6 yr

Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)

FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.

1,562
valid registrations
734
households approved
$4,632,588
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$2,588,744
Rental assistance$355,312
Other needs$1,685,231

Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.

$3,523,801
federal mitigation share
12
funded projects
373
properties mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)11$3,446,545
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)1$77,256

State declarations (governor)

Emergency declarations issued by the governor of this state, which are separate from and usually precede a federal declaration. A declaration is listed here when NOAA Storm Events recorded reports of the matched hazard in this jurisdiction while the order was in effect. That is evidence of local impact during a declared state emergency. It is not a statement that the governor named this jurisdiction in the order, since most state declarations apply statewide and name no localities at all. Hazard categories come from the order text. Damage figures are NOAA storm report estimates for this jurisdiction only, not the cost of the declaration.

19
state declarations with local storm evidence
55
statewide on record

Archive coverage for Oklahoma: 2016-present OEM emergencies-and-disasters archive (proxy for the robots-blocked SOS EO index), with governor declarations back to 2006 reviewed by hand from OEM event pages and Governor releases; 2000-2005 not covered (OEM's 2003 and 2005 pages list no governor declarations); plus 4 weather declarations from FMCSA's archive of state emergency declarations (2017-present)

SignedOrderDeclarationHazards reported hereReported damage
Apr 24, 20262026-17Garfield and KayHailNot reported
Apr 20, 2023OK-SOE-2023-04-20State of emergency for five counties due to severe weather, straight-line winds and tornadoesHailNot reported
Feb 26, 2023OK-FMCSA-30A0D9779BB1Oklahoma Memo to OEM 2-26-23 Severe WeatherThunderstorm WindNot reported
May 1, 2019OK-SOE-2019-05-01State of emergency due to severe storms and flooding (counties added May 8 and May 24 after further tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding)Flash Flood, HailNot reported
Dec 3, 2018OK-SOE-2018-12-03State of emergency for Cherokee County due to tornadoes and severe stormsHailNot reported
Aug 9, 2017OK-SOE-2017-08-09State of emergency for four northeastern counties due to severe weather (Sequoyah County added August 22)Flash Flood, HailNot reported
Jun 14, 2016OK-SOE-2016-06-14State of emergency for 9 counties due to floods and stormsFlash Flood$10,000
May 7, 2015OK-SOE-2015-05-07State of emergency for 12 counties due to tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding beginning May 6Flash Flood, Hail, Thunderstorm Wind$21,000
Mar 26, 2015OK-SOE-2015-03-26State of emergency for 25 counties due to tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding beginning March 25HailNot reported
Apr 28, 2014OK-SOE-2014-04-28State of emergency for Ottawa County after a tornado struck Quapaw on April 27HailNot reported
May 19, 2013OK-SOE-2013-05-19State of emergency due to tornadoes, straight-line winds and floodingHail, Thunderstorm WindNot reported
May 30, 2012OK-SOE-2012-05-30State of emergency for 35 counties after straight line winds, hail, flooding and tornadoes beginning May 29Hail, Thunderstorm Wind$210,000
Apr 15, 2012OK-SOE-2012-04-15State of emergency for 12 counties hit by tornadoes and severe weatherHailNot reported
May 25, 2011OK-SOE-2011-05-25State of emergency for 68 counties due to tornadoes, severe storms, straight line winds and floodingHailNot reported
Jun 14, 2010OK-SOE-2010-06-14State of emergency for 59 counties following severe storms and flooding beginning June 13Flash FloodNot reported
May 11, 2010OK-SOE-2010-05-11State of emergency for 56 counties due to tornadoes and severe storms on May 10Hail, Thunderstorm Wind$2,000
Apr 29, 2009OK-SOE-2009-04-29Executive order declaring an emergency for 9 counties after tornadoes, severe storms and flooding beginning April 25Thunderstorm WindNot reported
Feb 11, 2009OK-SOE-2009-02-11State of emergency for 17 counties after tornadoes and severe weather on February 10Hail, Thunderstorm WindNot reported
May 8, 2007OK-SOE-2007-05-08State of emergency for all 77 counties after tornadoes, torrential rains and flooding beginning May 4Flash Flood, Hail, Tornado$70,000

Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.

Most common hazards

Every declaration on record

Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.

Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every county has one from COVID-19.

Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.

Showing 31 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Jul 19, 2023DR-4721-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes
Feb 24, 2021DR-4587-OKDRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storms
Feb 17, 2021EM-3555-OKEMSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
Dec 21, 2020DR-4575-OKDRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
Apr 5, 2020DR-4530-OKDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3462-OKEMBiologicalCovid-19
Jul 15, 2016DR-4274-OKDRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Feb 10, 2016DR-4256-OKDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms And Flooding
May 26, 2015DR-4222-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Sep 3, 2011FM-2956-OKFMFireFerguson Fire
Jun 24, 2011FM-2932-OKFMFireMedicine Park Fire
Apr 15, 2011FM-2890-OKFMFireGoodyear Plant Fire
Feb 2, 2011EM-3316-OKEMSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Mar 5, 2010DR-1883-OKDRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
Feb 25, 2010DR-1876-OKDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Jan 30, 2010EM-3308-OKEMSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Feb 17, 2009DR-1823-OKDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Dec 10, 2007EM-3280-OKEMSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storms
Aug 31, 2007DR-1723-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Aug 24, 2007DR-1718-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jul 7, 2007DR-1712-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Jun 7, 2007DR-1707-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding
Feb 1, 2007DR-1678-OKDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms
Jan 14, 2007EM-3272-OKEMSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storms And Flooding
Jan 10, 2006DR-1623-OKDRFireExtreme Wildfire Threat
Sep 5, 2005EM-3219-OKEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jul 22, 2003FM-2482-OKFMFireOk - Big Rock Fire - 07/18/03
Feb 1, 2002DR-1401-OKDRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Ice Storm
Jun 29, 2001DR-1384-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Jan 5, 2001DR-1355-OKDRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Ice Storm
Nov 27, 2000DR-1349-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
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How these numbers are built

Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to Oklahoma's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

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