Natural hazards · Keiser

Keiser, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Keiser comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high 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 Keiser?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Keiser to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and drought.

Earthquakes42%Drought22%Inland flooding16%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Keiser faces

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

Earthquakes

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Drought

22% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Keiser flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mississippi County.

Disasters that hit Keiser

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KeiserDeclared for Mississippi County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

2 households applied for aid $11K to the City of Keiser for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$26K to the City of Keiser for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$6K to the City of Keiser for repairs

Mississippi 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. Keiser 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 Keiser’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Keiser. 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.