Natural hazards · Maumelle

Maumelle, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maumelle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1997. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Maumelle?

81
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maumelle to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding58%Earthquakes16%Tornadoes15%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Maumelle faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

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 Maumelle flood?

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

7paid claims since 1997
$315Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19972026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $68K

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. Maumelle isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Pulaski County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Maumelle

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MaumelleDeclared for Pulaski County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

49 households applied for aid $94K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

35 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $63K to the City of Maumelle for repairs
2017

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

9 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2012

Severe Winter Storm

$109K to the City of Maumelle for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

189 households applied for aid $627K aid approved $103K to the City of Maumelle for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$8K to the City of Maumelle for repairs
Pulaski County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Maumelle

Maumelle and the towns around it

North Little Rock: Very high, mostly inland floodingSherwood: High, mostly inland floodingMcAlmont: High, mostly earthquakesScott: Very high, mostly inland floodingGibson: High, mostly inland floodingLittle Rock: High, mostly inland floodingMaumelle: Very high, mostly inland flooding MaumelleNorth Little Rock
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
North Little Rockmostly inland floodingVery high
Maumellemostly inland floodingVery high
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. Maumelle covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Maumelle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Maumelle. 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 Maumelle total about $12.1M 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.

The coffee’s on

Where to, neighbor?

You’re in Maumelle, ARView boundary

Nearby

All towns & citiesExplore the map
Loading boundary…

Maumelle is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/18 · 2025-01-01