Natural hazards · DeWitt

DeWitt, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in DeWitt comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2009. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is DeWitt?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in DeWitt to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding38%Earthquakes30%Tornadoes10%Strong wind8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What DeWitt faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

30% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 DeWitt flood?

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

3paid claims since 2009

$37Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Arkansas County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit DeWitt

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DeWittDeclared for Arkansas County only

2020

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$20K to the City of DeWitt for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$28K to the City of DeWitt for repairs

Arkansas County has had 16 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. DeWitt 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 DeWitt’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of DeWitt. 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.