Natural hazards · Marshall

Marshall, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marshall comes from ice storms, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marshall?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marshall to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from ice storms and tornadoes.

Ice storms38%Tornadoes19%Inland flooding19%Cold waves7%Earthquakes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Marshall faces

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

Ice storms

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

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 Marshall flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Marshall

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarshallDeclared for Searcy County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$56K to the City of Marshall for repairs

2015

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

$106K to the City of Marshall for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

$25K to the City of Marshall for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$83K to the City of Marshall for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

2004

Sever Storms, Flooding and Landslides

$12K to the City of Marshall for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$12K to the City of Marshall for repairs

Searcy County has had 21 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. Marshall 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 Marshall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marshall. 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.