Natural hazards · Gurdon

Gurdon, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gurdon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gurdon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding38%Tornadoes18%Lightning11%Strong wind7%Ice storms7%Heat waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Gurdon faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lightning

11% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesDrought

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 Gurdon flood?

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

10paid claims since 1979

$290Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

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

Insurance rates: Clark County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Gurdon

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GurdonDeclared for Clark County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$204K to the City of Gurdon for repairs

Clark County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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