Natural hazards · Lewisville

Lewisville, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lewisville comes from ice storms, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1998. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lewisville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lewisville to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from ice storms and inland flooding.

Ice storms38%Inland flooding17%Tornadoes10%Drought8%Hail7%Earthquakes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Lewisville faces

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

Ice storms

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Lewisville flood?

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

1paid claims since 1998

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19982026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lafayette County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Lewisville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LewisvilleDeclared for Lafayette County only

2015

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

4 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$9K to the City of Lewisville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the City of Lewisville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$75K to the City of Lewisville for repairs

Lafayette County has had 16 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. Lewisville 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 Lewisville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lewisville. 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.