Natural hazards · Leslie

Leslie, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leslie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Leslie?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leslie to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding37%Ice storms29%Tornadoes16%Cold waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Leslie faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% 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 Leslie flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Leslie

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeslieDeclared for Searcy County only

2015

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

$5K to the City of Leslie for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$20K to the City of Leslie for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$28K to the City of Leslie for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $34K aid approved $31K to the City of Leslie for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$6K to the City of Leslie for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$1K to the City of Leslie for repairs

Searcy County has had 21 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. Leslie 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 Leslie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Leslie. 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.

Leslie, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Leslie?

What Leslie faces

Inland flooding

Ice storms

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Leslie flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Ice Storm

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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