Natural hazards · Gillham

Gillham, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gillham comes from ice storms, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gillham?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gillham to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from ice storms and inland flooding.

Ice storms56%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Gillham faces

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

Ice storms

56% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Gillham flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sevier County.

Disasters that hit Gillham

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GillhamDeclared for Sevier County only

2015

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

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$19K to the Town of Gillham for repairs

Sevier County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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