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Alexander, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alexander comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations
Expected damage

How exposed is Alexander?

64
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alexander to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes18%Heat waves12%Earthquakes10%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Alexander faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Heat waves

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity
Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Alexander flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Alexander.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Alexander isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Saline County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

23storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Alexander

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Alexander itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Alexander.

Brought FEMA money into AlexanderDeclared for Saline County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

111 households applied for aid $140K aid approved
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $26K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

20 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $514 aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
Saline County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Alexander

Alexander and the towns around it

Shannon Hills: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBryant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLittle Rock: High, mostly inland floodingBenton: High, mostly inland floodingBauxite: High, mostly inland floodingCollege Station: High, mostly earthquakesNorth Little Rock: Very high, mostly inland floodingAlexander: High, mostly inland flooding AlexanderShannon HillsBryantLittle Rock
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Alexandermostly inland floodingHigh
Little Rockmostly inland floodingHigh
Shannon Hillsmostly inland floodingModerate
Bryantmostly inland floodingModerate
About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.
Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Alexander is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Alexander’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Alexander. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

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