Natural hazards · Belleville

Belleville, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belleville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Belleville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belleville to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes20%Heat waves5%Lightning5%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Belleville faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Belleville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Yell County.

Disasters that hit Belleville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BellevilleDeclared for Yell County only

2017

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

1 household applied for aid

2015

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

$7K to the City of Belleville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$17K to the City of Belleville for repairs

Yell County has had 17 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. Belleville 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 Belleville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Belleville. 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.

Belleville, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Belleville?

What Belleville faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Lightning

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Belleville flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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