Natural hazards · College Station

College Station, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in College Station comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high 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 College Station?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in College Station to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes35%Inland flooding32%Tornadoes20%Everything else14%

By hazard

What College Station faces

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

Earthquakes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 86 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 College Station flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pulaski County.

Disasters that hit College Station

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into College StationDeclared for Pulaski County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

2 households applied for aid

Pulaski County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around College Station

College Station and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sweet Homemostly inland floodingHigh

Little Rockmostly inland floodingHigh

College Stationmostly earthquakesHigh

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. College Station 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 College Station’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to College Station. 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.