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Bald Knob, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bald Knob comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1982. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bald Knob?

74
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bald Knob to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes42%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes13%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Bald Knob faces

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

Earthquakes

42% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Bald Knob flood?

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

9paid claims since 1982
$125Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Spring storm: 1 claim, $20K
  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $7K

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
No community discount. Bald Knob isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: White County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

20storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Bald Knob

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Bald KnobDeclared for White County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2017

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

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2014

Severe Storms,tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

24 households applied for aid $88K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $117K aid approved $20K to the City of Bald Knob for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$44K to the City of Bald Knob for repairs
White County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.
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. Bald Knob 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 Bald Knob’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bald Knob. 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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