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Ash Flat, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ash Flat comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Ash Flat?

82
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding35%Ice storms16%Earthquakes13%Tornadoes13%Cold waves11%Strong wind6%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Ash Flat faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

16% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Ash Flat flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Ash Flat isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Sharp County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Ash Flat

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Ash FlatDeclared for Sharp County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

12 households applied for aid $44K aid approved
2024

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

1 household applied for aid
2014

Severe Storms,tornadoes, and Flooding

$4K to the City of Ash Flat for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$82K to the City of Ash Flat for repairs
2008

Tropical Storm Ike

$6K to the City of Ash Flat for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

62 households applied for aid $304K aid approved $3K to the City of Ash Flat for repairs
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$5K to the City of Ash Flat for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$39K to the City of Ash Flat for repairs
Sharp County has had 21 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. Ash Flat 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 Ash Flat’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ash Flat. 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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