Natural hazards · Altheimer

Altheimer, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Altheimer comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2008. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Altheimer?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Altheimer to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding53%Earthquakes19%Tornadoes8%Drought6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Altheimer faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Altheimer flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Altheimer, from FEMA’s records.

5paid claims since 2008

$67Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $3K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

1storm safe rooms built

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Altheimer

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AltheimerDeclared for Jefferson County only

2020

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$30K to the City of Altheimer for repairs

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

47 households applied for aid $553K aid approved

2015

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

38 households applied for aid $78K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

4 households applied for aid $768 aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$50K to the City of Altheimer for repairs

Jefferson 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. Altheimer 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 Altheimer’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Altheimer. 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.