Natural hazards · Junction

Junction, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Junction comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Junction?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Junction to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes16%Ice storms16%Heat waves12%Strong wind8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Junction 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

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Ice storms

16% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Junction flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Union County.

Disasters that hit Junction

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JunctionDeclared for Union County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$33K to the City of Junction for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$10K to the City of Junction for repairs

Union County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe 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. Junction 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 Junction’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Junction. 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.