Natural hazards · Hazen

Hazen, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hazen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1989. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hazen?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hazen to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding41%Earthquakes25%Tornadoes17%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Hazen faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Hazen flood?

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

1paid claims since 1989

$388paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19892026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Prairie County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Hazen

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HazenDeclared for Prairie County only

2017

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

7 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

2 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $11K to the City of Hazen for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$86K to the City of Hazen for repairs

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