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Natural hazards · Bono

Bono, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bono comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 48 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bono?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bono to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes32%Tornadoes18%Inland flooding18%Drought11%Cold waves10%Heat waves5%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Bono faces

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

Earthquakes

32% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Bono flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Bono, from FEMA’s records.

48paid claims since 1979
$409Kpaid to owners
9homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • March storm: 1 claim, $11K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bono isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Craighead County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

22flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
16storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Bono

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BonoDeclared for Craighead County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

43 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2021

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

14 households applied for aid $56K aid approved
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$47K to the City of Bono for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $14K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$6K to the City of Bono for repairs
Craighead County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
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. Bono 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 Bono’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bono. 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.

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