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Natural hazards · Augusta

Augusta, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Augusta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2011. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Augusta?

91
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Augusta to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding41%Earthquakes21%Tornadoes15%Drought9%Ice storms6%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Augusta faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

21% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Augusta flood?

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

3paid claims since 2011
$179Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $30K
  • Early winter storms: 1 claim, $1K
  • Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $147K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Augusta

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AugustaDeclared for Woodruff County only
2021

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

32 households applied for aid $20K aid approved
2017

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

19 households applied for aid $24K aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$17K to the City of Augusta for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

30 households applied for aid $245K aid approved $4K to the City of Augusta for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

32 households applied for aid $270K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $883 aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$49K to the City of Augusta for repairs
Woodruff County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
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. Augusta 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 Augusta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Augusta. 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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