Natural hazards · Marked Tree

Marked Tree, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marked Tree comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2001. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marked Tree?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marked Tree to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes62%Tornadoes12%Inland flooding11%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Marked Tree faces

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

Earthquakes

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Marked Tree flood?

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

6paid claims since 2001

$85Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20012026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 2 claims, $59K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Poinsett County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Marked Tree

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Marked TreeDeclared for Poinsett County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

$223K to the City of Marked Tree for repairs

2021

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

3 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $25K to the City of Marked Tree for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the City of Marked Tree for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$38K to the City of Marked Tree for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $18K aid approved $20K to the City of Marked Tree for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$19K to the City of Marked Tree for repairs

Poinsett County has had 25 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. Marked Tree covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marked Tree’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marked Tree. 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 Marked Tree total about $3.0M 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.