Natural hazards · De Valls Bluff

De Valls Bluff, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in De Valls Bluff comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2008. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is De Valls Bluff?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in De Valls Bluff to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding42%Earthquakes28%Tornadoes15%Everything else15%

By hazard

What De Valls Bluff faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

28% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 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 De Valls Bluff flood?

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

5paid claims since 2008

$117Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 3 claims, $79K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Prairie County.

Disasters that hit De Valls Bluff

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into De Valls BluffDeclared for Prairie County only

2017

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

2 households applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

39 households applied for aid $242K aid approved $73K to the City of De Valls Bluff for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $176K aid approved $22K to the City of De Valls Bluff for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$41K to the City of De Valls Bluff for repairs

Prairie County has had 16 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. De Valls Bluff 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 De Valls Bluff’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of De Valls Bluff. 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.