Natural hazards · Fifty-Six

Fifty-Six, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fifty-Six comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fifty-Six?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fifty-Six to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding44%Ice storms20%Tornadoes17%Cold waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Fifty-Six faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Fifty-Six flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Fifty-Six.

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stone County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Fifty-Six

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Fifty-SixDeclared for Stone County only

2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

25 households applied for aid $205K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$2K to the City of Fifty-Six for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $38K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$12K to the City of Fifty-Six for repairs

Stone 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. Fifty-Six 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 Fifty-Six’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fifty-Six. 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.