Natural hazards · Dyess

Dyess, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dyess comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1987. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dyess?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dyess to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and drought.

Earthquakes31%Drought29%Inland flooding19%Heat waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Dyess faces

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

Earthquakes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Drought

29% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Dyess flood?

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

3paid claims since 1987

$25Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19872026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $18K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mississippi County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Dyess

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DyessDeclared for Mississippi County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$517K to the Town of Dyess for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

3 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $4K to the Town of Dyess for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$9K to the Town of Dyess for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$7K to the Town of Dyess for repairs

Mississippi County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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