Natural hazards · Gilmore

Gilmore, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gilmore comes from earthquakes, 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 Gilmore?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gilmore to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and drought.

Earthquakes33%Drought26%Inland flooding21%Tornadoes6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Gilmore faces

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

Earthquakes

33% of expected damage

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

Drought

26% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% 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 9 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Gilmore flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crittenden County.

Disasters that hit Gilmore

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GilmoreDeclared for Crittenden County only

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$5K to the City of Gilmore for repairs

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