Natural hazards · Bodcaw

Bodcaw, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bodcaw comes from ice storms, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bodcaw?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bodcaw to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from ice storms and inland flooding.

Ice storms47%Inland flooding22%Tornadoes11%Hail5%Strong wind5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Bodcaw faces

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

Ice storms

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Bodcaw flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nevada County.

Disasters that hit Bodcaw

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BodcawDeclared for Nevada County only

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Nevada County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter 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. Bodcaw 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 Bodcaw’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bodcaw. 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.