Natural hazards · London

London, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in London comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is London?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in London to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes26%Heat waves5%Ice storms5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What London faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold 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 London flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pope County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit London

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LondonDeclared for Pope County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

Pope County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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