Natural hazards · Hoxie

Hoxie, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hoxie comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2009. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hoxie?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hoxie to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes29%Inland flooding24%Tornadoes22%Ice storms6%Heat waves6%Cold waves6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Hoxie faces

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

Earthquakes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 100 years in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% 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 weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Hoxie flood?

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

2paid claims since 2009

$64Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20092026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $20K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Hoxie

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HoxieDeclared for Lawrence County only

2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2017

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

12 households applied for aid $48K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

19 households applied for aid $126K aid approved $3K to the City of Hoxie for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$138K to the City of Hoxie for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$32K to the City of Hoxie for repairs

Lawrence County has had 19 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. Hoxie covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hoxie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hoxie. 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 Hoxie total about $2.4M 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.

Hoxie, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Hoxie?

What Hoxie faces

Earthquakes

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Ice storms

Heat waves

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Hoxie flood?

Biggest named events

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Ice Storm

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