Natural hazards · Dardanelle

Dardanelle, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dardanelle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1998. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dardanelle?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes23%Heat waves6%Lightning5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Dardanelle faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Dardanelle flood?

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

5paid claims since 1998

$48Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19982026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Yell County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Dardanelle

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DardanelleDeclared for Yell County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

36 households applied for aid $113K aid approved $522K to the City of Dardanelle for repairs

2017

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

16 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

2015

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

$13K to the City of Dardanelle for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

$30K to the City of Dardanelle for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Yell County has had 17 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. Dardanelle 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 Dardanelle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dardanelle. 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.

Dardanelle, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Dardanelle?

What Dardanelle faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Lightning

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Dardanelle flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

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

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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