Natural hazards · Lexa

Lexa, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lexa comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lexa?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lexa to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes31%Inland flooding29%Tornadoes17%Heat waves6%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Lexa faces

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

Earthquakes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Lexa flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Phillips County.

Disasters that hit Lexa

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LexaDeclared for Phillips County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

123 households applied for aid $262K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

75 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

70 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

170 households applied for aid $135K aid approved

Phillips County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Lexa 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 Lexa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lexa. 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.

Lexa, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Lexa?

What Lexa faces

Earthquakes

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Lexa flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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