Natural hazards · Higden

Higden, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Higden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Higden?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Higden to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes23%Earthquakes12%Ice storms7%Lightning6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Higden 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 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

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

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

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong wind

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Higden flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Higden.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cleburne County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Higden

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HigdenDeclared for Cleburne County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

18 households applied for aid $58K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Cleburne 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. Higden 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 Higden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Higden. 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.