Natural hazards · Greenbrier

Greenbrier, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenbrier comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1997. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenbrier?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenbrier to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes36%Inland flooding23%Earthquakes18%Heat waves7%Ice storms5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Greenbrier faces

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

Tornadoes

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 41 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Greenbrier flood?

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

14paid claims since 1997

$390Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 3 claims, $102K
Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $427

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Faulkner County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

33storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Greenbrier

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenbrierDeclared for Faulkner County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $56K aid approved

2017

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

52 households applied for aid $128K aid approved $40K to the City of Greenbrier for repairs

2015

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

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2014

Severe Storms,tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

13 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$19K to the City of Greenbrier for repairs

Faulkner County has had 24 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. Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Greenbrier. 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.