Natural hazards · Genoa

Genoa, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Genoa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Genoa?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Genoa to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding27%Tornadoes20%Hail18%Heat waves10%Ice storms9%Strong wind8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Genoa faces

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Hail

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Genoa flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Miller County.

Disasters that hit Genoa

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Miller County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Genoa itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into GenoaDeclared for Miller County only

Miller County has had 17 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. Genoa 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 Genoa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Genoa. 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.