Natural hazards · Marianna

Marianna, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marianna comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 27 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marianna?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marianna to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes52%Inland flooding18%Tornadoes15%Heat waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Marianna faces

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

Earthquakes

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Marianna flood?

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

27paid claims since 1979

$1.0Mpaid to owners

6homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $37K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lee County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Marianna

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MariannaDeclared for Lee County only

2015

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

22 households applied for aid $51K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

165 households applied for aid $257K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$17K to the City of Marianna for repairs

Lee County has had 14 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. Marianna covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marianna’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marianna. 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 Marianna total about $3.2M 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.