Natural hazards · Booneville

Booneville, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Booneville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2009. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Booneville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Booneville to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes18%Heat waves10%Ice storms9%Strong wind6%Cold waves5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Booneville faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Booneville flood?

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

2paid claims since 2009

$45Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Logan County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Booneville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoonevilleDeclared for Logan County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

2013

Severe Winter Storm

$40K to the City of Booneville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

43 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the City of Booneville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$191K to the City of Booneville for repairs

Logan County has had 18 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. Booneville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Booneville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Booneville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Booneville total about $1.7M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

Booneville, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Booneville?

What Booneville faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Ice storms

Strong wind

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Booneville flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Ice Storm

How to read this page

Where to, neighbor?

Matches

Nearby