Natural hazards · Goodwin

Goodwin, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goodwin comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is 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 Goodwin?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Tornadoes40%Inland flooding25%Drought11%Earthquakes8%Heat waves5%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Goodwin faces

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

Tornadoes

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Goodwin flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Francis County.

Disasters that hit Goodwin

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoodwinDeclared for St. Francis County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $628 aid approved

St. Francis County has had 17 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. Goodwin 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 Goodwin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Goodwin. 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.

Goodwin, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Goodwin?

What Goodwin faces

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Drought

Earthquakes

Heat waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Goodwin flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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