Natural hazards · Bee Branch

Bee Branch, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bee Branch comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Bee Branch?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bee Branch to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes28%Ice storms11%Earthquakes10%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Bee Branch faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Bee Branch flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Van Buren County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Bee Branch

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Bee Branch itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Bee Branch.

Brought FEMA money into Bee BranchDeclared for Van Buren County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

26 households applied for aid $227K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Van Buren County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Bee Branch 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 Bee Branch’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bee Branch. 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.