Natural hazards · Boles

Boles, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boles comes from inland flooding, 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 Boles?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boles to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Tornadoes8%Ice storms6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Boles faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Boles flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Scott County.

Disasters that hit Boles

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BolesDeclared for Scott County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Scott County has had 18 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. Boles 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 Boles’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Boles. 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.