Natural hazards · Greenland

Greenland, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenland comes from heat waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2004. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenland?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenland to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from heat waves and inland flooding.

Heat waves38%Inland flooding32%Tornadoes11%Ice storms6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Greenland faces

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

Heat waves

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 60 years in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold 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 Greenland flood?

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

5paid claims since 2004

$137Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20042026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $24K

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. Greenland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Washington County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Greenland

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenlandDeclared for Washington County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved $13K to the City of Greenland for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$28K to the City of Greenland for repairs

2004

Sever Storms, Flooding and Landslides

$9K to the City of Greenland for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$2K to the City of Greenland for repairs

Washington County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Greenland

Greenland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greenlandmostly heat wavesModerate

Fayettevillemostly heat wavesModerate

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