Natural hazards · Haskell

Haskell, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Haskell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2025. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Haskell?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Haskell to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes16%Heat waves10%Earthquakes9%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Haskell faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 45 years in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Haskell flood?

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

1paid claims since 2025

$162Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20252026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $162K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Saline County.

Disasters that hit Haskell

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HaskellDeclared for Saline County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$37K to the City of Haskell for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$35K to the City of Haskell for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved $40K to the City of Haskell for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$20K to the City of Haskell for repairs

Saline County has had 19 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. Haskell 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 Haskell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Haskell. 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.