Natural hazards · Johnson

Johnson, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Johnson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 27 claims here since 2011. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Johnson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Johnson to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding42%Heat waves29%Tornadoes9%Ice storms8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Johnson faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Johnson flood?

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

27paid claims since 2011

$2.0Mpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 6 claims, $429K
Mid-spring storms: 3 claims, $250K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Johnson

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JohnsonDeclared for Washington County only

2017

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

1 household applied for aid $8K aid approved $119K to the City of Johnson for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $44K to the City of Johnson for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$91K to the City of Johnson for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Sever Storms, Flooding and Landslides

$2K to the City of Johnson for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$4K to the City of Johnson for repairs

Washington County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Johnson

Johnson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Johnsonmostly inland floodingModerate

Fayettevillemostly heat wavesModerate

Springdalemostly heat wavesLow

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. Johnson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Johnson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Johnson. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Johnson total about $3.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.