Natural hazards · Lawson

Lawson, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lawson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lawson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding58%Ice storms11%Tornadoes9%Heat waves7%Earthquakes6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Lawson faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

11% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Lawson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Union County.

Disasters that hit Lawson

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Union County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Lawson itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into LawsonDeclared for Union County only

Union County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe 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. Lawson 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 Lawson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lawson. 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.