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Bradford, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bradford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bradford?

77
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bradford to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding33%Earthquakes29%Tornadoes16%Heat waves5%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Bradford faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

29% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Bradford flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

30storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Bradford

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BradfordDeclared for White County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $25K aid approved
2017

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

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2015

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

3 households applied for aid
2014

Severe Storms,tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

35 households applied for aid $128K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

33 households applied for aid $300K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $18K to the City of Bradford for repairs
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$2K to the City of Bradford for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$8K to the City of Bradford for repairs
White County has had 24 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. Bradford 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 Bradford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bradford. 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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