Natural hazards · Clarendon

Clarendon, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clarendon comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1983. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clarendon?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clarendon to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes34%Inland flooding32%Tornadoes19%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Clarendon faces

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

Earthquakes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Clarendon flood?

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

15paid claims since 1983

$68Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19832026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 4 claims, $23K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Clarendon

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClarendonDeclared for Monroe County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

43 households applied for aid $72K aid approved $46K to the City of Clarendon for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the City of Clarendon for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $81K to the City of Clarendon for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$32K to the City of Clarendon for repairs

Monroe County has had 22 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. Clarendon 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 Clarendon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Clarendon. 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.