Natural hazards · Eudora

Eudora, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eudora comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2011. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eudora?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eudora to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes14%Strong wind9%Drought7%Earthquakes7%Cold waves6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Eudora faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Eudora flood?

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

7paid claims since 2011

$498Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 2 claims, $17K
Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $94K

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

Insurance rates: Chicot County.

Disasters that hit Eudora

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EudoraDeclared for Chicot County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

6 households applied for aid $54K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Hurricane Gustav

$10K to the City of Eudora for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $197 aid approved

Chicot County has had 15 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. Eudora 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 Eudora’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eudora. 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.