Natural hazards · Bonanza

Bonanza, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bonanza 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 Bonanza?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bonanza to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes14%Heat waves12%Wildfire11%Cold waves8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Bonanza faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Bonanza flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sebastian County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Bonanza

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BonanzaDeclared for Sebastian County only

2015

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

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$42K to the City of Bonanza for repairs

Sebastian County has had 16 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. Bonanza 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 Bonanza’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bonanza. 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.