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Natural hazards · Imboden

Imboden, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Imboden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Imboden?

83
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding31%Tornadoes23%Earthquakes18%Cold waves8%Heat waves7%Ice storms6%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Imboden faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year 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

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Imboden flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Imboden 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 Imboden

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ImbodenDeclared for Lawrence County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $39K aid approved
2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2017

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

7 households applied for aid $28K aid approved
2014

Severe Storms,tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

1 household applied for aid $213 aid approved
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$27K to the Town of Imboden for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $29K aid approved $17K to the Town of Imboden for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $190 aid approved
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. Imboden 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 Imboden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Imboden. 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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