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Natural hazards · Hickory Ridge

Hickory Ridge, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hickory Ridge comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hickory Ridge?

87
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hickory Ridge to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes50%Inland flooding17%Drought14%Tornadoes7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Hickory Ridge faces

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

Earthquakes

50% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Hickory Ridge flood?

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

2paid claims since 1978
$24Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hickory Ridge isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cross County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Hickory Ridge

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Hickory RidgeDeclared for Cross County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$6K to the City of Hickory Ridge for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $69K aid approved
Cross County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
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. Hickory Ridge 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 Hickory Ridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hickory Ridge. 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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