Natural hazards · Fordyce

Fordyce, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fordyce comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2003. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fordyce?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fordyce to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding42%Earthquakes18%Tornadoes12%Heat waves8%Strong wind8%Ice storms6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Fordyce faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 63 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Fordyce flood?

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

1paid claims since 2003

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dallas County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Fordyce

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FordyceDeclared for Dallas County only

2023

Severe Winter Storm

$75K to the City of Fordyce for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

25 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $100K to the City of Fordyce for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$60K to the City of Fordyce for repairs

Dallas County has had 16 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. Fordyce covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Fordyce’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fordyce. 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 Fordyce total about $1.9M 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.