Natural hazards · Clinton

Clinton, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1982. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clinton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clinton to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes25%Ice storms13%Earthquakes8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Clinton faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Ice storms

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Clinton flood?

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

8paid claims since 1982

$381Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Van Buren County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Clinton

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClintonDeclared for Van Buren County only

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$14K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

$108K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$11K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$29K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2008

Tropical Storm Ike

$12K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Hurricane Gustav

$39K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

274 households applied for aid $904K aid approved $571K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$87K to the City of Clinton for repairs

Van Buren County has had 21 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. Clinton 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 Clinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Clinton. 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.