Natural hazards · Lead Hill

Lead Hill, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lead Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lead Hill?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lead Hill to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding31%Cold waves27%Tornadoes15%Ice storms10%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Lead Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lead Hill flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Boone County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Lead Hill

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lead HillDeclared for Boone County only

2024

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

4 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2017

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

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $96K to the Town of Lead Hill for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$63K to the Town of Lead Hill for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Boone County has had 20 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. Lead Hill 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 Lead Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lead Hill. 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.