Natural hazards · Canehill

Canehill, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Canehill comes from heat waves, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Canehill?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canehill to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from heat waves and inland flooding.

Heat waves31%Inland flooding31%Tornadoes11%Wildfire9%Ice storms8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Canehill faces

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

Heat waves

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Canehill flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Canehill

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CanehillDeclared for Washington County only

2017

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

4 households applied for aid $711 aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

18 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Washington County has had 16 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. Canehill 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 Canehill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Canehill. 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.