Natural hazards · Foreman

Foreman, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Foreman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Foreman?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Foreman to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding35%Drought20%Ice storms18%Tornadoes9%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Foreman 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 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

20% of expected damage

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Ice storms

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Foreman flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Little River County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Foreman

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ForemanDeclared for Little River County only

2015

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

16 households applied for aid $89K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the City of Foreman for repairs

2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the City of Foreman for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$181K to the City of Foreman for repairs

Little River County has had 17 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. Foreman 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 Foreman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Foreman. 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.