Natural hazards · LaGrange

LaGrange, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in LaGrange comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is LaGrange?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in LaGrange to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes33%Tornadoes21%Inland flooding20%Heat waves7%Everything else19%

By hazard

What LaGrange faces

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

Earthquakes

33% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 23 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 LaGrange flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lee County.

Disasters that hit LaGrange

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LaGrangeDeclared for Lee County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Lee County has had 14 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. LaGrange 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 LaGrange’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of LaGrange. 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.