Natural hazards · Brinkley

Brinkley, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brinkley comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1983. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brinkley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes50%Tornadoes19%Inland flooding17%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Brinkley faces

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

Earthquakes

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Brinkley flood?

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

17paid claims since 1983

$115Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19832026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $3K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Brinkley

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrinkleyDeclared for Monroe County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

69 households applied for aid $157K aid approved $58K to the City of Brinkley for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$10K to the City of Brinkley for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $156K to the City of Brinkley for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$53K to the City of Brinkley for repairs

Monroe County has had 22 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. Brinkley 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 Brinkley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brinkley. 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.