Natural hazards · Clarkedale

Clarkedale, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clarkedale comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clarkedale?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes39%Inland flooding26%Drought9%Tornadoes7%Heat waves7%Cold waves7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Clarkedale faces

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

Earthquakes

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Clarkedale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crittenden County.

Disasters that hit Clarkedale

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClarkedaleDeclared for Crittenden County only

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

Crittenden 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. Clarkedale 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 Clarkedale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Clarkedale. 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.