Natural hazards · Gillett

Gillett, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gillett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gillett?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gillett to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding52%Earthquakes17%Tornadoes8%Drought6%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Gillett faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

17% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Gillett flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Arkansas County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Gillett

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GillettDeclared for Arkansas County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $100K aid approved

Arkansas County has had 16 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. Gillett 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 Gillett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Gillett. 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.