Washita CountyOklahoma · OK
Geospatial
Analyst Brief
▌Washita County is a county in Oklahoma, with a population of 10,916, covering 2,598 square kilometers. Population density is 4.2 people per square kilometer. On the Scout composite resilience index, Washita County scores 63 out of 100, ranked #11 in OK and #367 of 3,436 regions. The five-year average temperature anomaly versus the 20th-century baseline is 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit. Counties above 2.6 degrees fall inside the climate tipping-point band. The FEMA National Risk Index composite hazard score is 22 out of 100. Annual precipitation averages 29.1 inches. Net IRS migration in the most recent tax year was +0.7 per 1,000 residents. USDA classifies the county as Rural-Urban Continuum Code 9 (1 = metropolitan core, 9 = completely rural).
Assessment Matrix
Climate Stability
Natural hazard exposure, temperature anomaly vs. 20th-century baseline, drought, wildfire, and flood risk.
Water & Food
Groundwater reliability, precipitation normals, growing season length, and cropland availability.
Social Stability
Net migration, social vulnerability, and crime rates.
Infrastructure
Solar energy potential, off-grid power viability, and proximity to nuclear facilities.
Self-Sufficiency
Rural-urban classification, agricultural diversity, and land availability.
Affordability
Median home value and rental costs relative to the national range. Lower cost counties score higher.
Source Telemetry
Inputs marked “— —” are pending pipeline integration and currently use neutral defaults in the composite. They do not skew rankings.
Cross-Reference
Citations
- FEMA-NRIFEMA National Risk Index, county composite hazard score
- NOAA-TMPNOAA nClimDiv county temperature anomaly, 2020-2024 vs. 1901-2000 baseline
- NOAA-PCPNOAA county precipitation normals, 1991-2020
- IRS-MIGIRS county-to-county migration, tax year 2021-2022
- CDC-SVICDC Social Vulnerability Index, 2022 release (RPL_THEMES)
- USDA-RUCCUSDA Economic Research Service Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
- NASA-PWRNASA POWER climatology, annual global horizontal irradiance (kWh/m²/day)
- USDA-NASSUSDA NASS Census of Agriculture 2022, county cropland and total land area
- USDA-SDMUSDA NRCS Soil Data Mart, average seasonal soil saturation depth (cm)
- ACS-2022U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates 2022, median home value and gross rent