Is Ponca City safe? United States travel risk
Is Ponca City safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ponca City scores 39/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ponca City scores 39/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ponca City: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (60/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 39 is higher than 40% of the cities we score.
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Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 36.7235° N, 97.0677° W in Oklahoma, Ponca City features an altitude of 308 m. The settlement is located 1,774.4 km ENE from Washington.
Oklahoma
36.7235° N, 97.0677° W
308 m
America/Chicago
24,377
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United States
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Ponca City happened in March (3 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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