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The chance of earthquake damage in Wright City is lower than Oklahoma average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Wright City is much lower than Oklahoma average and is much higher than the national average.

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Earthquake Index, #582

Wright City, OK	0.02
Oklahoma	0.31
U.S.	1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #1

Wright City, OK	0.0000
Oklahoma	0.0000
U.S.	0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #723

Wright City, OK	211.07
Oklahoma	363.83
U.S.	136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 2,766 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Wright City, OK were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count
Avalanche:	0	Blizzard:	3	Cold:	3	Dense Fog:	10	Drought:	18
Dust Storm:	0	Flood:	192	Hail:	1,363	Heat:	6	Heavy Snow:	29
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	0	Ice Storm:	11	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	15
Thunderstorm Winds:	1,002	Tropical Storm:	0	Wildfire:	1	Winter Storm:	18	Winter Weather:	22
Other:	73

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Wright City, OK.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Wright City, OK.

No historical earthquake events found in or near Wright City, OK.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 92 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Wright City, OK.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
0.4	1982-12-23	2	34°04'N / 95°00'W		3.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Mccurtain
3.8	1971-12-14	2	33°58'N / 95°06'W	34°05'N / 95°00'W	9.90 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Mccurtain
5.4	1982-04-02	5	34°03'N / 95°10'W	34°01'N / 95°01'W	7.00 Miles	500 Yards	0	4	2.5M	0	Mccurtain
10.0	1961-07-23	2	33°57'N / 94°54'W		1.00 Mile	23 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Mccurtain
10.2	1967-04-12	2	33°59'N / 95°06'W	34°24'N / 95°06'W	28.70 Miles	77 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Mccurtain
10.3	1999-05-04	2	33°50'N / 95°02'W	34°00'N / 94°57'W	12.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	0	6K	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: Numerous trees blown over or snapped. A Pecan orchard was laid to waste. This tornado moved into McCurtain county from Red River county, TX.
11.8	2000-04-23	2	34°02'N / 94°59'W	34°00'N / 94°38'W	20.10 Miles	50 Yards	0	2	40K	0	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: Numerous trees toppled and broken. Tornado was described as rope like by chasers in the area during most of its path. A house on the south side of Oak Hill was split in half from a fallen tree. The tornado moved through downtown Broken Bow and through a WalMart store. The tornado was only F0 intensity as it moved through Broken Bow and F2 near Oak Hill.
12.9	1982-04-02	5	34°01'N / 95°01'W	34°00'N / 94°34'W	24.00 Miles	500 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Mccurtain
13.4	1956-04-03	3	34°09'N / 95°13'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	3	25K	0	Pushmataha
15.1	1953-04-23	2	33°54'N / 94°50'W		1.00 Mile	200 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Mccurtain
15.1	1972-10-22	3	33°54'N / 94°50'W		1.50 Miles	33 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Mccurtain
15.3	2003-05-14	2	33°59'N / 95°05'W	33°44'N / 94°44'W	26.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	50K	0	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: A violent thunderstorm moved rapidly southeast across McCurtain County, OK into Bowie County, TX and Cass County, TX. This thunderstorm also produced a strong Microburst in McCurtain County southeast of Idabel, OK and again southeast of Maud, TX. Numerous trees and limbs were snapped or pushed over while several large corporate and private corn fields were ripped up. The only structure in the path of this tornado was located next to the Highway 259 bridge which crosses the Red River into Bowie County, TX.. This tornado moved into Bowie and Cass Counties, TX.
15.5	1999-05-04	2	33°50'N / 95°03'W	33°51'N / 94°56'W	1.80 Miles	100 Yards	0	7	600K	0	Red River
		Brief Description: Supercells developed in unstable airmass ahead of strong upper low over central plains states. Numerous trees blown over or broken. Nine mobile homes and 1 frame home destroyed. This tornado moved into McCurtain county, OK.
16.0	1959-03-04	2	33°53'N / 94°50'W		0.80 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Mccurtain
16.0	1962-04-30	2	33°53'N / 94°50'W				0	0	3K	0	Mccurtain
16.6	1972-10-22	2	33°53'N / 94°49'W		0.50 Mile	33 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Mccurtain
16.7	2000-04-23	2	33°50'N / 95°16'W	33°53'N / 95°03'W	12.50 Miles	75 Yards	0	0	0	0	Red River
		Brief Description: Tornado occurred across farm land and wooded areas with few structures or homes present. The county sheriff, his deputy, and a farmer were talking when the tornado, which was described as a long tube, moved out of the woods to their east and crossed within several hundred yards to their north.
16.9	2003-05-01	2	34°05'N / 94°48'W	33°57'N / 94°38'W	13.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	260K	0	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: A supercell thunderstorm moved southeast across Broken Bow, OK. Two new frame homes under construction had roofs torn off. A total of 30 to 40 wood frame homes had roof and frame damage with windows broken. One home was destroyed. Numerous trees uprooted and snapped. Several power poles blown down.
20.7	1982-04-02	5	34°08'N / 95°34'W	34°03'N / 95°10'W	22.00 Miles	500 Yards	0	25	2.5M	0	Choctaw
22.2	1991-04-26	2	33°45'N / 95°05'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
22.6	2000-04-23	2	34°18'N / 95°22'W	34°17'N / 95°13'W	9.00 Miles	175 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Pushmataha
		Brief Description: A F2 tornado touched down west of Cloudy and traveled just south of Cloudy through rural areas of Pushmataha county before lifting 9 miles later east southeast of Cloudy. Only tree damage was observered.
24.9	1977-02-23	2	33°53'N / 94°39'W	33°54'N / 94°36'W	3.30 Miles	77 Yards	0	4	250K	0	Mccurtain
25.2	1953-04-23	2	34°02'N / 94°34'W		0.80 Mile	17 Yards	1	14	0K	0	Mccurtain
27.0	1979-04-11	2	34°00'N / 94°36'W	34°08'N / 94°28'W	11.90 Miles	440 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Mccurtain
27.3	1982-04-02	2	34°03'N / 95°29'W		0.50 Mile	30 Yards	0	1	2.5M	0	Bryan
28.2	1991-04-13	2	33°38'N / 95°13'W	33°43'N / 95°05'W	12.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
28.3	1969-04-27	3	33°43'N / 95°16'W		2.00 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Red River
28.5	1961-05-05	3	34°01'N / 95°30'W				0	0	25K	0	Choctaw
29.6	1954-04-30	3	34°00'N / 95°31'W		1.00 Mile	150 Yards	0	12	250K	0	Choctaw
29.6	1982-04-02	2	33°38'N / 95°13'W	33°41'N / 95°07'W	5.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Red River
30.5	1961-05-05	2	34°24'N / 94°48'W	34°30'N / 94°41'W	9.50 Miles	400 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Mccurtain
31.0	1982-04-02	3	33°38'N / 95°02'W	33°37'N / 94°46'W	17.00 Miles	233 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
31.2	2009-04-09	2	34°00'N / 94°28'W	34°00'N / 94°28'W			0	0	1K	0K	Mccurtain
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado first touched down in extreme east central McCurtain County just one quarter of a mile from the McCurtain County, Sevier County line. Several trees were downed on the McCurtain County side of the state line with a few power lines downed as well. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong upper level storm system along with a surface dry line/front over northeast Texas moved east during the evening hours of April 9th into the early morning hours of April 10th causing long lived supercell thunderstorms. These thunderstorms caused long track tornadoes to occur across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, and north Louisiana.
31.3	1982-04-02	4	33°40'N / 95°20'W	33°41'N / 95°14'W	6.00 Miles	250 Yards	0	0	25.0M	0	Red River
31.5	1983-11-22	2	34°28'N / 95°16'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
32.3	1960-05-04	4	34°09'N / 95°37'W	34°23'N / 95°25'W	19.80 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
33.4	1991-04-26	2	33°38'N / 95°16'W		0.20 Mile	10 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
34.8	1979-04-11	2	34°08'N / 94°28'W	34°15'N / 94°22'W	10.00 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Sevier
35.0	1974-04-21	2	33°40'N / 95°23'W		1.00 Mile	33 Yards	0	6	25K	0	Lamar
35.0	1974-05-03	2	33°40'N / 95°23'W				0	0	25K	0	Lamar
35.6	1991-04-13	2	33°35'N / 94°47'W		2.50 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Red River
35.8	1955-04-12	2	34°14'N / 95°37'W	34°18'N / 95°33'W	6.10 Miles	33 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Pushmataha
36.3	1982-05-28	2	34°13'N / 95°38'W	34°17'N / 95°34'W	6.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Pushmataha
37.0	1982-04-25	2	33°33'N / 95°20'W	33°34'N / 95°06'W	12.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Red River
37.1	2000-04-23	2	34°20'N / 95°39'W	34°19'N / 95°30'W	9.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
		Brief Description: A F2 tornado touched down northeast of Moyers and traveled 9 miles east southeast before lifting 1 mile south of Finley. A mobile home and several outbuilding were destroyed. Some roof damage was reported to several buildings.
37.3	1982-04-02	3	33°37'N / 94°46'W	33°34'N / 94°37'W	5.00 Miles	233 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Bowie
37.4	1960-05-04	4	34°04'N / 95°42'W	34°09'N / 95°37'W	7.60 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Choctaw
37.5	1961-09-12	3	33°34'N / 95°16'W		0.50 Mile	300 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Red River
38.2	1982-05-28	2	34°31'N / 94°42'W	34°33'N / 94°36'W	5.00 Miles	450 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Le Flore
39.2	1982-04-02	4	33°39'N / 95°38'W	33°40'N / 95°20'W	17.00 Miles	250 Yards	10	170	25.0M	0	Lamar
39.7	1960-05-04	4	34°01'N / 95°42'W	34°04'N / 95°42'W	3.40 Miles	150 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Choctaw
40.3	1999-03-05	2	34°12'N / 94°22'W	34°11'N / 94°16'W	8.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	0	0	Polk
		Brief Description: A strong tornado was spawned in southern Polk County. The tornado hit the town of Grannis and caused some property damage. Damage was most extensive at a chicken farm. Two chicken houses were completely destroyed at the farm, with one chicken house thrown into the other house. Roughly 8,000 chickens were lost. Several trees and a few power lines were downed as well. The tornado tracked about 8 miles before moving into Howard County (Shreveport County Warning Area).
40.4	1973-11-20	2	34°02'N / 94°21'W	34°03'N / 94°15'W	5.70 Miles	100 Yards	0	6	250K	0	Sevier
40.5	1982-04-25	2	33°33'N / 95°21'W	33°33'N / 95°20'W	1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Howard
40.5	1982-04-02	3	33°34'N / 94°37'W	33°38'N / 94°32'W	4.00 Miles	233 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Bowie
40.7	1981-05-13	4	33°46'N / 95°42'W	33°47'N / 95°33'W	8.80 Miles	400 Yards	0	30	2.5M	0	Lamar
40.9	1982-04-02	3	33°39'N / 94°32'W	33°38'N / 94°29'W	3.00 Miles	233 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Mccurtain
41.2	1973-03-10	2	33°34'N / 95°24'W		1.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Lamar
41.3	2009-04-09	3	34°00'N / 94°28'W	34°08'N / 94°06'W	24.00 Miles	850 Yards	0	7	3.5M	0K	Sevier
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Tornado destroyed at least 10 to 12 mobile homes along US-71 just north of De Queen, AR. Numerous trees and powerlines were also uprooted or snapped. There were 7 reported injuries, all in the mobile home park north of Dequeen, Arkansas but none were life threatening. The Arkansas governor declared Sevier County a disaster area because of the tornado damage in the county. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong upper level storm system along with a surface dry line/front over northeast Texas moved east during the evening hours of April 9th into the early morning hours of April 10th causing long lived supercell thunderstorms. These thunderstorms caused long track tornadoes to occur across southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas, and north Louisiana.
41.4	1970-06-11	2	34°36'N / 95°20'W				0	0	250K	0	Pushmataha
41.6	1983-11-22	2	34°05'N / 95°44'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Choctaw
41.7	1990-05-03	2	33°39'N / 95°32'W		2.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	13	0K	0	Lamar
41.9	1983-11-22	3	34°39'N / 95°07'W	34°41'N / 95°05'W	3.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	3	2.5M	0	Pushmataha
41.9	1974-04-21	2	33°35'N / 95°27'W		0.30 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
42.4	1985-05-13	2	33°37'N / 95°35'W	33°40'N / 95°30'W	4.00 Miles	77 Yards	0	8	2.5M	0	Lamar
42.7	1964-04-23	2	33°39'N / 95°37'W	33°39'N / 95°30'W	6.60 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
43.2	1950-01-13	3	34°24'N / 94°22'W		0.60 Mile	17 Yards	1	1	3K	0	Polk
44.0	1961-05-04	2	33°28'N / 95°16'W		0.80 Mile	1000 Yards	0	0	0K	0	Red River
44.2	1981-10-13	2	33°39'N / 95°40'W	33°43'N / 95°35'W	6.60 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
44.5	1962-05-28	2	34°39'N / 95°06'W	34°46'N / 95°01'W	9.30 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Pushmataha
44.6	1974-05-25	2	33°30'N / 95°23'W				0	0	25K	0	Lamar
44.7	1999-05-04	3	33°24'N / 94°44'W	33°37'N / 94°29'W	19.50 Miles	200 Yards	0	22	125.0M	0	Bowie
		Brief Description: This tornado moved directly through the downtown district of De Kalb and across a high school. Numerous homes and businesses were severely damaged or destroyed. The high school suffered severe damage. Sirens sounded 15 minutes prior to arrival of the storm. The damage resulted in a Presidential Disaster Declaration. This tornado moved from Red River county, TX across Bowie county, TX into Little River county, AR.
45.0	1975-04-29	2	33°30'N / 94°37'W				0	0	250K	0	Bowie
45.3	1964-04-23	2	33°39'N / 95°37'W		2.00 Miles	23 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Lamar
45.3	1999-05-04	3	33°36'N / 94°28'W	33°48'N / 94°14'W	19.10 Miles	75 Yards	0	0	0	0	Little River
		Brief Description: Damage path consisted of numerous snapped and fallen small trees. The damage path was in a wooded region away from any population. This tornado moved into Little River county from Bowie county, TX then continued into Sevier county, AR.
46.0	1961-03-05	2	34°00'N / 95°50'W	34°02'N / 95°47'W	3.80 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Choctaw
46.2	1983-03-04	2	33°30'N / 94°37'W	33°30'N / 94°32'W	5.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Bowie
46.3	1999-05-04	3	33°23'N / 94°52'W	33°27'N / 94°44'W	7.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	5K	0	Red River
		Brief Description: Numerous trees were blown over or broken. A few out buildings were severely damaged. This tornado moved from Titus county, TX into Red River county, TX and exited into Bowie county TX.
46.8	1982-04-02	3	34°04'N / 95°57'W	34°04'N / 95°42'W	8.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Choctaw
47.3	1956-03-27	2	34°45'N / 95°03'W		1.00 Mile	500 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Le Flore
47.4	1982-04-02	3	33°38'N / 94°28'W	33°42'N / 94°12'W	13.00 Miles	233 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Little River
47.7	1979-04-11	2	34°15'N / 94°22'W	34°28'N / 94°08'W	20.10 Miles	440 Yards	0	17	2.5M	0	Polk
48.1	1956-04-28	2	34°08'N / 96°04'W	34°15'N / 95°36'W	27.90 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Bryan
48.5	1982-04-02	4	33°56'N / 94°17'W	33°55'N / 94°04'W	13.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Sevier
48.7	1973-06-03	2	33°22'N / 95°07'W				0	0	25K	0	Titus
48.7	2009-04-09	2	34°37'N / 94°33'W	34°39'N / 94°27'W	7.00 Miles	550 Yards	0	4	100K	0K	Le Flore
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A tornado destroyed a mobile home, injuring four occupants, two of which were severely injured. Several other mobile homes were also severely damaged and a permanent home was damaged. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Based on this damage, maximum winds were estimated to be between 120 and 130 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Widespread severe thunderstorms occurred across eastern Oklahoma during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 9th.
48.8	1954-04-30	3	33°24'N / 94°38'W	33°35'N / 94°23'W	19.20 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Bowie
49.0	1954-02-15	2	34°06'N / 94°09'W				0	0	0K	0	Sevier
49.0	1999-05-04	3	33°47'N / 94°14'W	33°50'N / 94°11'W	4.10 Miles	25 Yards	0	0	0	0	Sevier
		Brief Description: Damage path consisted of a few small trees and twigs broken. The tornado rating in the county was only an F0 but the overall intensity was F3 in Bowie County, TX.
49.1	1977-11-15	2	34°35'N / 94°25'W		0.50 Mile	30 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Polk
49.2	1976-03-26	4	34°46'N / 95°05'W	34°47'N / 95°04'W	1.90 Miles	440 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Latimer
49.7	1992-05-11	2	34°32'N / 95°38'W	34°34'N / 95°40'W	11.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Pushmataha

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.