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Altus, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Altus comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Altus?

51
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Altus 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 Altus 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 Altus flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Altus 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Altus

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AltusDeclared for Franklin County only
2015

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

$25K to the City of Altus for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

134 households applied for aid $688K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $7K to the City of Altus for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$18K to the City of Altus for repairs
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. Altus 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 Altus’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Altus. 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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