Natural hazards · Jerusalem

Jerusalem, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jerusalem comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jerusalem?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jerusalem to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding32%Tornadoes24%Earthquakes12%Ice storms9%Heat waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Jerusalem faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

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

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Jerusalem flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Conway County.

Disasters that hit Jerusalem

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JerusalemDeclared for Conway County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $769 aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

Conway County has had 23 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. Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Jerusalem. 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.