Natural hazards · Corning

Corning, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corning comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 35 claims here since 1992. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corning?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes46%Cold waves13%Inland flooding12%Tornadoes10%Heat waves7%Ice storms6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Corning faces

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

Earthquakes

46% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 87 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Corning flood?

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

35paid claims since 1992

$416Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19922026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 10 claims, $159K
Early winter storms: 2 claims, $27K
Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $6K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clay County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Corning

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorningDeclared for Clay County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

44 households applied for aid $84K aid approved

2017

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

22 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

38 households applied for aid $178K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$347K to the City of Corning for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $34K aid approved $12K to the City of Corning for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$32K to the City of Corning for repairs

1999

Ar Severe Weather 1-21-99

$2K to the City of Corning for repairs

Clay County has had 21 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. Corning covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Corning’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Corning. 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 Corning total about $4.0M 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.