Natural hazards · Enola

Enola, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Enola comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Enola?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Enola to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes33%Inland flooding25%Earthquakes21%Heat waves6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Enola faces

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

Tornadoes

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 18 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 Enola flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Enola.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Faulkner County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Enola

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EnolaDeclared for Faulkner County only

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $10K aid approved

Faulkner County has had 24 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. Enola 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 Enola’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Enola. 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.