Natural hazards · Kingsland

Kingsland, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingsland comes from inland flooding, 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 Kingsland?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kingsland to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes17%Earthquakes10%Heat waves8%Strong wind7%Ice storms5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Kingsland 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 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once 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 Kingsland flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Kingsland

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingslandDeclared for Cleveland County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the City of Kingsland for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Hurricane Gustav

$17K to the City of Kingsland for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$3K to the City of Kingsland for repairs

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