Natural hazards · Mansfield

Mansfield, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mansfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 Mansfield?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mansfield to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes10%Ice storms8%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Mansfield faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Ice storms

8% 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 wavesHeat 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 Mansfield flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Scott County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Mansfield

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MansfieldDeclared for Scott County only

2015

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

2 households applied for aid

2013

Severe Winter Storm

$72K to the City of Mansfield for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$30K to the City of Mansfield for repairs

Scott County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

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