Natural hazards · Dermott

Dermott, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dermott comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1989. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dermott?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dermott to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding33%Earthquakes20%Tornadoes12%Strong wind10%Heat waves8%Cold waves8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Dermott faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 91 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Dermott flood?

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

11paid claims since 1989

$87Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19892026

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chicot County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Dermott

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DermottDeclared for Chicot County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

1 household applied for aid $30K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

Chicot County has had 15 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. Dermott covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dermott’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dermott. 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 Dermott total about $1.0M 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.