Natural hazards · Mammoth Spring

Mammoth Spring, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mammoth Spring comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1989. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mammoth Spring?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mammoth Spring to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding44%Ice storms17%Tornadoes12%Earthquakes11%Cold waves7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Mammoth Spring faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Mammoth Spring flood?

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

9paid claims since 1989

$605Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19892026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $109K
Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $262K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fulton County.

Disasters that hit Mammoth Spring

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mammoth SpringDeclared for Fulton County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $668K aid approved

2024

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

3 households applied for aid $48K aid approved

2017

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

30 households applied for aid $126K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

40 households applied for aid $254K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Fulton County has had 23 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. Mammoth Spring 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 Mammoth Spring’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mammoth Spring. 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.