Natural hazards · Burdette

Burdette, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burdette comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burdette?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burdette to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and drought.

Earthquakes59%Drought16%Inland flooding12%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Burdette faces

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

Earthquakes

59% of expected damage

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

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Burdette flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mississippi County.

Disasters that hit Burdette

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurdetteDeclared for Mississippi County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$16K to the Town of Burdette for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$3K to the Town of Burdette for repairs

Mississippi County has had 16 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. Burdette 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 Burdette’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Burdette. 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.