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Bauxite, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bauxite comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bauxite?

64
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bauxite to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes19%Heat waves14%Earthquakes11%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Bauxite faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Bauxite flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

15storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Bauxite

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BauxiteDeclared for Saline County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $82K aid approved $107K to the Town of Bauxite for repairs
2012

Severe Winter Storm

$70K to the Town of Bauxite for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$33K to the Town of Bauxite for repairs
Saline County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Bauxite

Bauxite and the towns around it

Benton: High, mostly inland floodingBryant: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSalem: High, mostly inland floodingAlexander: High, mostly inland floodingShannon Hills: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBauxite: High, mostly inland flooding BauxiteBentonBryant
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bauxitemostly inland floodingHigh
Bentonmostly inland floodingHigh
Bryantmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Bauxite 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 Bauxite’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bauxite. 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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