Natural hazards · Delaplaine

Delaplaine, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delaplaine comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Delaplaine?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding32%Earthquakes22%Tornadoes14%Drought13%Heat waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Delaplaine faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Delaplaine flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

Disasters that hit Delaplaine

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DelaplaineDeclared for Greene County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

2024

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

1 household applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

5 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$14K to the Town of Delaplaine for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

12 households applied for aid $68K aid approved

Greene County has had 24 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. Delaplaine 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 Delaplaine’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Delaplaine. 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.

Delaplaine, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Delaplaine?

What Delaplaine faces

Inland flooding

Earthquakes

Tornadoes

Drought

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Delaplaine flood?

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

How to read this page

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