Natural hazards · Greenwood

Greenwood, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 39 claims here since 1991. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenwood?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenwood to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes15%Heat waves14%Cold waves10%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Greenwood faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Greenwood flood?

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

39paid claims since 1991

$1.8Mpaid to owners

6homes flooded more than once

19912026

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

Insurance rates: Sebastian County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

26storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Greenwood

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenwoodDeclared for Sebastian County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2015

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

7 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2013

Severe Winter Storm

$160K to the City of Greenwood for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $51K to the City of Greenwood for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$201K to the City of Greenwood for repairs

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