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Natural hazards · Horseshoe Bend

Horseshoe Bend, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Horseshoe Bend comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Horseshoe Bend?

83
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Horseshoe Bend to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding27%Ice storms21%Earthquakes13%Tornadoes11%Cold waves11%Strong wind9%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Horseshoe Bend faces

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

21% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Horseshoe Bend flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Horseshoe Bend isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Izard County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Horseshoe Bend

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Horseshoe BendDeclared for Izard County only
2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $22K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

$70K to the City of Horseshoe Bend for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$463K to the City of Horseshoe Bend for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $69K to the City of Horseshoe Bend for repairs
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$10K to the City of Horseshoe Bend for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$8K to the City of Horseshoe Bend for repairs
Izard County has had 25 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. Horseshoe Bend 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 Horseshoe Bend’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Horseshoe Bend. 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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