Natural hazards · Gosnell

Gosnell, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gosnell comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1997. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gosnell?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gosnell to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes61%Inland flooding17%Heat waves7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Gosnell faces

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

Earthquakes

61% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Gosnell flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Gosnell, from FEMA’s records.

14paid claims since 1997

$312Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $17K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mississippi County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Gosnell

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GosnellDeclared for Mississippi County only

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$160K to the City of Gosnell for repairs

Mississippi 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. Gosnell 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 Gosnell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Gosnell. 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.