Natural hazards · Fairfield Bay

Fairfield Bay, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fairfield Bay comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Fairfield Bay?

73
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fairfield Bay to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes30%Ice storms14%Earthquakes7%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Fairfield Bay faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 93 years in the area

Ice storms

14% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Fairfield Bay flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Fairfield Bay isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Van Buren County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Fairfield Bay

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Fairfield BayDeclared for Van Buren County only
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

$8K to the City of Fairfield Bay for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$17K to the City of Fairfield Bay for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$28K to the City of Fairfield Bay for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $19K to the City of Fairfield Bay for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$36K to the City of Fairfield Bay for repairs
Van Buren County has had 21 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. Fairfield Bay covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fairfield Bay’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fairfield Bay. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Fairfield Bay total about $1.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

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