Natural hazards · Marie

Marie, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marie comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marie?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marie to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and drought.

Earthquakes42%Drought22%Inland flooding16%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Marie faces

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

Earthquakes

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Drought

22% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Marie flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mississippi County.

Disasters that hit Marie

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Mississippi County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Marie itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into MarieDeclared for Mississippi County only

Mississippi County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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