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Grubbs, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grubbs comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Grubbs?

83
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grubbs to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes32%Inland flooding21%Earthquakes18%Ice storms8%Cold waves7%Drought6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Grubbs faces

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

Tornadoes

32% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Ice storms

8% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Grubbs flood?

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

12paid claims since 1979
$143Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $20K

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. Grubbs isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Jackson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built
1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Grubbs

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrubbsDeclared for Jackson County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$140K to the City of Grubbs for repairs
2017

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

1 household applied for aid $406 aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

8 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $39K to the City of Grubbs for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$13K to the City of Grubbs for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved
2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the City of Grubbs for repairs
Jackson County has had 28 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. Grubbs 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 Grubbs’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Grubbs. 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.

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