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Natural hazards · Arkadelphia

Arkadelphia, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arkadelphia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Arkadelphia?

61
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arkadelphia to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding31%Tornadoes20%Lightning11%Earthquakes10%Ice storms8%Heat waves7%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Arkadelphia faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Lightning

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

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

Ice storms

8% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslides

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 Arkadelphia flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979
$192Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

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
🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Arkadelphia is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Clark County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

30storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Arkadelphia

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArkadelphiaDeclared for Clark County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

46 households applied for aid $141K aid approved $175K to the City of Arkadelphia for repairs
2015

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

$107K to the City of Arkadelphia for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

3 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$55K to the City of Arkadelphia for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$25K to the City of Arkadelphia for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Hurricane Gustav

$16K to the City of Arkadelphia for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $27K to the City of Arkadelphia for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$4K to the City of Arkadelphia for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$13K to the City of Arkadelphia for repairs
2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the City of Arkadelphia for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$329K to the City of Arkadelphia for repairs
Clark County has had 20 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. Arkadelphia covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Arkadelphia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Arkadelphia. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Arkadelphia total about $2.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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