Natural hazards · Gibson

Gibson, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gibson 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 Gibson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gibson to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes23%Earthquakes14%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Gibson faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Gibson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pulaski County.

Disasters that hit Gibson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GibsonDeclared for Pulaski County only

Pulaski County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Gibson

Gibson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

North Little Rockmostly inland floodingVery high

Gibsonmostly inland floodingHigh

Sherwoodmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Gibson 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 Gibson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Gibson. 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.