Natural hazards · Dumas

Dumas, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dumas comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 26 claims here since 1990. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dumas?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dumas to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding38%Earthquakes24%Tornadoes14%Heat waves7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Dumas 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

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

24% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Dumas flood?

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

26paid claims since 1990

$304Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19902026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $3K
Early winter storms: 1 claim, $53K
Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $2K

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. Dumas isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Desha County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Dumas

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DumasDeclared for Desha County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

57 households applied for aid $397K aid approved $88K to the City of Dumas for repairs

2023

Severe Winter Storm

$95K to the City of Dumas for repairs

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

54 households applied for aid $379K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

4 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$88K to the City of Dumas for repairs

Desha 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. Dumas 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 Dumas’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dumas. 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.