Natural hazards · Magnolia

Magnolia, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Magnolia comes from ice storms, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1990. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Magnolia?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Magnolia to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from ice storms and inland flooding.

Ice storms23%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes14%Earthquakes10%Heat waves10%Strong wind9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Magnolia faces

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

Ice storms

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Magnolia flood?

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

4paid claims since 1990

$22Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Columbia County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Magnolia

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MagnoliaDeclared for Columbia County only

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the City of Magnolia for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

600 households applied for aid $472K aid approved

2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the City of Magnolia for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$470K to the City of Magnolia for repairs

Columbia County has had 18 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. Magnolia covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Magnolia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Magnolia. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Magnolia total about $4.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

Magnolia, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Magnolia?

What Magnolia faces

Ice storms

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Earthquakes

Heat waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Magnolia flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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