Natural hazards · Brookland

Brookland, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brookland comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1998. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brookland?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brookland to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes31%Tornadoes23%Inland flooding13%Cold waves12%Heat waves7%Drought7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Brookland faces

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

Earthquakes

31% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 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 Brookland flood?

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

1paid claims since 1998

$828paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19982026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Brookland 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

10storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Brookland

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrooklandDeclared for Craighead County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

28 households applied for aid

2021

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$25K to the City of Brookland for repairs

2017

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

$19K to the City of Brookland for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$71K to the City of Brookland for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$12K to the City of Brookland 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. Brookland 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 Brookland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brookland. 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.