Natural hazards · Caddo Valley

Caddo Valley, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Caddo Valley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2025. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Caddo Valley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes19%Lightning11%Ice storms8%Earthquakes7%Heat waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Caddo Valley faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Lightning

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

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

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesDrought

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 Caddo Valley flood?

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

1paid claims since 2025

$59Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20252026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $59K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clark County.

Disasters that hit Caddo Valley

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Caddo ValleyDeclared for Clark County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the Town of Caddo Valley for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$15K to the Town of Caddo Valley for repairs

Clark County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Caddo Valley 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 Caddo Valley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Caddo Valley. 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.