Natural hazards · Felsenthal

Felsenthal, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Felsenthal comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1991. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Felsenthal?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Felsenthal to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Ice storms11%Tornadoes9%Heat waves7%Earthquakes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Felsenthal faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Felsenthal flood?

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

12paid claims since 1991

$98Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19912026

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

Insurance rates: Union County.

Disasters that hit Felsenthal

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FelsenthalDeclared for Union County only

2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Felsenthal for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$2K to the Town of Felsenthal for repairs

Union County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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