Natural hazards · Branch

Branch, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Branch comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Branch?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Branch to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Heat waves13%Tornadoes12%Ice storms8%Wildfire6%Cold waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Branch 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 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Branch flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Branch

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BranchDeclared for Franklin County only

2015

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

$21K to the City of Branch for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$19K to the City of Branch for repairs

Franklin County has had 20 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. Branch 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 Branch’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Branch. 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.

Branch, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Branch?

What Branch faces

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Tornadoes

Ice storms

Wildfire

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Branch flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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