Natural hazards · Donaldson

Donaldson, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Donaldson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2025. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Donaldson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Donaldson to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes13%Heat waves8%Strong wind7%Earthquakes7%Ice storms7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Donaldson faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesDrought

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 Donaldson flood?

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

1paid claims since 2025

$175Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20252026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $175K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hot Spring County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Donaldson

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DonaldsonDeclared for Hot Spring County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $35K aid approved $6K to the Town of Donaldson for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$1K to the Town of Donaldson for repairs

Hot Spring 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. Donaldson 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 Donaldson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Donaldson. 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.

Donaldson, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Donaldson?

What Donaldson faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Strong wind

Earthquakes

Ice storms

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Donaldson flood?

Biggest named events

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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