Natural hazards · Alicia

Alicia, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alicia comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very 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 Alicia?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alicia to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and drought.

Earthquakes38%Drought17%Inland flooding17%Tornadoes11%Cold waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Alicia faces

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

Earthquakes

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Alicia flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Alicia isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit Alicia

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AliciaDeclared for Lawrence County only

2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2017

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

7 households applied for aid $32K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

10 households applied for aid $76K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$13K to the Town of Alicia for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Lawrence County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Alicia 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 Alicia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Alicia. 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.