Natural hazards · Avoca

Avoca, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Avoca comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Avoca?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Avoca to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Ice storms11%Heat waves9%Cold waves7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Avoca faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

11% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Avoca flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Benton County.

Disasters that hit Avoca

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AvocaDeclared for Benton County only

2024

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

1 household applied for aid $93K to the Town of Avoca for repairs

2017

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

$105K to the Town of Avoca for repairs

Benton 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. Avoca 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 Avoca’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Avoca. 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.