Natural hazards · Alix

Alix, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alix comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alix?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alix to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Heat waves14%Tornadoes12%Ice storms7%Drought7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Alix faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Alix flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Alix

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlixDeclared for Franklin County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Franklin County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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

Alix, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Alix?

What Alix faces

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Tornadoes

Ice storms

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Alix flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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