Natural hazards · Centerton

Centerton, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Centerton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Centerton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Centerton to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Ice storms11%Heat waves10%Tornadoes5%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Centerton faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Centerton flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $8K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Centerton is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Benton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Centerton

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CentertonDeclared for Benton County only

2024

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

94 households applied for aid $61K aid approved $299K to the City of Centerton for repairs

2017

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

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2015

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

3 households applied for aid $96K to the City of Centerton for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

1 household applied for aid $32K to the City of Centerton for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$25K to the City of Centerton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $30K to the City of Centerton for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the City of Centerton for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Benton County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Centerton

Centerton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Highfillmostly inland floodingModerate

Centertonmostly inland floodingModerate

Bentonvillemostly inland floodingLow

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. Centerton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Centerton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Centerton. 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 Centerton total about $1.5M 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.