Natural hazards · Judsonia

Judsonia, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Judsonia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 2003. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Judsonia?

82
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding36%Earthquakes33%Tornadoes15%Heat waves5%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Judsonia faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

33% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 99 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Judsonia flood?

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

8paid claims since 2003
$218Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
20032026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $19K
  • Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $87K

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. Judsonia isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: White County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

49storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Judsonia

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JudsoniaDeclared for White County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2017

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

11 households applied for aid $34K aid approved
2014

Severe Storms,tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

6 households applied for aid $14K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $4K to the City of Judsonia for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

15 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$4K to the City of Judsonia for repairs
White County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.
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. Judsonia covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Judsonia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Judsonia. 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 Judsonia total about $1.5M 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.

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