Storms, floods and disasters in Paden
Paden isn’t graded for hazard risk: Paden has 391 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Paden faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Wildfire
Ice storms
Hail
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Paden flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Paden. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
6 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Paden
Disasters that paid out in Paden itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Paden), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2024Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding1 households applied for aid$300 aid approved
- 2015Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding5 households applied for aid$3K aid approved
- 2010Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds1 households applied for aid$719 aid approved
- 2009Severe Winter Storm$4K to the Town of Paden for repairs
- 2003Severe Storms and Tornadoes5 households applied for aid$7K aid approved
- 2000Severe Winter Ice Storm$32K to the Town of Paden for repairs
Okfuskee County has had 31 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Also 1 FEMA wildfire suppression grant (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Okfuskee County, 2006–2006.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Clear dead leaves and brush within 5 feet of the house.
- Sign up for local alerts and know two ways out.
- Keep N95 masks for smoky days.
- Ice brings down trees and lines: plan for days without power.
- Run a generator outside, far from doors and windows.
- Keep sand or salt by the door.
- Park in a garage or under cover when storms are forecast.
- Stay away from windows while it falls.
- Photograph roof and car damage for your insurer.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Paden
Is Paden in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map.
How much is flood insurance in Paden?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Paden’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Paden?
By FEMA money that reached Paden, Severe Winter Ice Storm (2000): $32K to the Town of Paden for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Paden.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Paden’s residents lived in the 2020 census; OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.