Natural hazards · Lepanto

Lepanto, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lepanto comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1997. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lepanto?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lepanto to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes55%Tornadoes13%Inland flooding11%Drought7%Cold waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Lepanto faces

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

Earthquakes

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year 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 Lepanto flood?

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

4paid claims since 1997

$24Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $15K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Poinsett County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Lepanto

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LepantoDeclared for Poinsett County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

1 household applied for aid $556 aid approved $19K to the City of Lepanto for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$31K to the City of Lepanto for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$14K to the City of Lepanto for repairs

Poinsett County has had 25 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. Lepanto 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 Lepanto’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lepanto. 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.

Lepanto, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Lepanto?

What Lepanto faces

Earthquakes

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Drought

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Lepanto flood?

Biggest named events

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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