Natural hazards · Hampton

Hampton, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hampton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2008. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hampton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hampton to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding37%Earthquakes21%Tornadoes15%Strong wind8%Ice storms7%Heat waves7%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Hampton faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Hampton flood?

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

3paid claims since 2008

$110Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Gustav: 1 claim, $20K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Calhoun County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Hampton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HamptonDeclared for Calhoun County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the City of Hampton for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$29K to the City of Hampton for repairs

Calhoun County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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