Natural hazards · Highfill

Highfill, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Highfill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1982. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Highfill?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Highfill to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Ice storms10%Cold waves10%Heat waves7%Wildfire7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Highfill 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 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Highfill flood?

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

7paid claims since 1982

$260Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Benton County.

Disasters that hit Highfill

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HighfillDeclared for Benton County only

2017

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

$78K to the Town of Highfill for repairs

2015

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

$34K to the Town of Highfill for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$12K to the Town of Highfill for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$116K to the Town of Highfill for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$3K to the Town of Highfill for repairs

Benton County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Highfill

Highfill and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Highfillmostly inland floodingModerate

Centertonmostly inland floodingModerate

Bentonvillemostly inland floodingLow

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. Highfill covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Highfill’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Highfill. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Highfill total about $2.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.