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Jacksonport, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jacksonport comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Jacksonport?

81
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jacksonport to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes36%Tornadoes26%Inland flooding15%Ice storms9%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Jacksonport faces

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

Earthquakes

36% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 52 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% 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 weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Jacksonport flood?

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

30paid claims since 1979
$466Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $16K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Jacksonport isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Jackson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Jacksonport

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JacksonportDeclared for Jackson County only
2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid $61K aid approved
2017

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

2 households applied for aid
2015

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

1 household applied for aid
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

10 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $10K to the Town of Jacksonport for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$67K to the Town of Jacksonport for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $4K to the Town of Jacksonport for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$3K to the Town of Jacksonport for repairs
Jackson County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
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. Jacksonport 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 Jacksonport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Jacksonport. 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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