Natural hazards · Knobel

Knobel, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Knobel comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Knobel?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Knobel to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding32%Earthquakes19%Drought17%Cold waves11%Tornadoes7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Knobel faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Knobel flood?

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

1paid claims since 2011

$45Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $45K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clay County.

Disasters that hit Knobel

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KnobelDeclared for Clay County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2017

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

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

13 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the City of Knobel for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $131K aid approved $27K to the City of Knobel for repairs

Clay County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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

Knobel, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Knobel?

What Knobel faces

Inland flooding

Earthquakes

Drought

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Knobel flood?

Biggest named events

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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