Natural hazards · Flippin

Flippin, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Flippin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2008. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Flippin?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Flippin to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding40%Ice storms23%Cold waves12%Tornadoes9%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Flippin faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 33 years 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 Flippin flood?

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

4paid claims since 2008

$112Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

March storm: 1 claim, $97K
Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $7K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Flippin

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FlippinDeclared for Marion County only

2024

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

28 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

2017

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

$97K to the City of Flippin for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

$22K to the City of Flippin for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$49K to the City of Flippin for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $61K aid approved $52K to the City of Flippin for repairs

2004

Sever Storms, Flooding and Landslides

$52K to the City of Flippin for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$9K to the City of Flippin for repairs

Marion County has had 21 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. Flippin covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Flippin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Flippin. 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 Flippin total about $2.4M 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.