Natural hazards · Bryant

Bryant, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bryant comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 35 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bryant?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bryant to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes18%Earthquakes14%Heat waves10%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Bryant faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Bryant flood?

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

35paid claims since 1978

$724Kpaid to owners

6homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 7 claims, $154K
Central U.S. April Flooding: 2 claims, $27K
Hurricane Beryl: 1 claim, $39K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Saline County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

11storm safe rooms built

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Bryant

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BryantDeclared for Saline County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

44 households applied for aid $35K aid approved $106K to the City of Bryant for repairs

2017

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

62 households applied for aid $126K aid approved $100K to the City of Bryant for repairs

2012

Severe Winter Storm

$53K to the City of Bryant for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$6K to the City of Bryant for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

50 households applied for aid $301K aid approved $212K to the City of Bryant for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$46K to the City of Bryant for repairs

Saline County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Bryant

Bryant and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Alexandermostly inland floodingHigh

Bauxitemostly inland floodingHigh

Bentonmostly inland floodingHigh

Bryantmostly inland floodingModerate

Shannon Hillsmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Bryant covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bryant’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bryant. 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 Bryant total about $7.1M 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.