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Jasper, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jasper comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1996. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Jasper?

77
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jasper to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes18%Lightning12%Cold waves10%Ice storms8%Strong wind5%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Jasper faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lightning

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

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 Jasper flood?

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

6paid claims since 1996
$117Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19962026

Biggest named events

  • Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $15K
  • March storm: 1 claim, $15K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Jasper

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JasperDeclared for Newton County only
2019

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

$191K to the City of Jasper for repairs
2017

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

$89K to the City of Jasper for repairs
2015

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

$21K to the City of Jasper for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$15K to the City of Jasper for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$9K to the City of Jasper for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $30K aid approved $9K to the City of Jasper for repairs
2004

Sever Storms, Flooding and Landslides

$2K to the City of Jasper for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$3K to the City of Jasper for repairs
Newton 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. Jasper 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 Jasper’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jasper. 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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