Natural hazards · Jericho

Jericho, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jericho comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jericho?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jericho to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes39%Inland flooding26%Drought9%Tornadoes7%Heat waves7%Cold waves7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Jericho faces

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

Earthquakes

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Jericho flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crittenden County.

Disasters that hit Jericho

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Crittenden County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Jericho itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into JerichoDeclared for Crittenden County only

Crittenden County has had 16 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. Jericho 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 Jericho’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Jericho. 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.

Jericho, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Jericho?

What Jericho faces

Earthquakes

Inland flooding

Drought

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Jericho flood?

Federal disasters declared here

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