Natural hazards · Malvern

Malvern, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Malvern comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1983. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Malvern?

58
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Malvern to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes12%Earthquakes12%Ice storms9%Strong wind7%Heat waves6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Malvern faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Ice storms

9% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Malvern flood?

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

7paid claims since 1983
$23Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $12K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Malvern isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hot Spring County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

35storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Malvern

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MalvernDeclared for Hot Spring County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

115 households applied for aid $392K aid approved $127K to the City of Malvern for repairs
2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

34 households applied for aid $66K aid approved
2012

Severe Winter Storm

$45K to the City of Malvern for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

10 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$60K to the City of Malvern for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Hurricane Gustav

$42K to the City of Malvern for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $111K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$80K to the City of Malvern for repairs
Hot Spring County has had 16 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. Malvern covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Malvern’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Malvern. 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 Malvern total about $1.4M 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.

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