Natural hazards · Gentry

Gentry, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gentry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gentry?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gentry to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Ice storms11%Wildfire7%Tornadoes6%Heat waves6%Cold waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Gentry faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 48 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year 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 weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Gentry flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Benton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Gentry

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GentryDeclared for Benton County only

2024

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

33 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2017

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

4 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2015

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

9 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

9 households applied for aid $63K aid approved $38K to the City of Gentry for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$21K to the City of Gentry for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $516 aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the City of Gentry for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$2K to the City of Gentry for repairs

Benton 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. Gentry 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 Gentry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Gentry. 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.