Natural hazards · Lafe

Lafe, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lafe 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 Lafe?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lafe to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding27%Earthquakes27%Tornadoes20%Heat waves12%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Lafe faces

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 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 Lafe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Lafe

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LafeDeclared for Greene County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$19K to the Town of Lafe for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

17 households applied for aid $75K aid approved

Greene County has had 24 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. Lafe 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 Lafe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lafe. 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.