Natural hazards · Maynard

Maynard, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maynard comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Maynard?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maynard to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes30%Inland flooding26%Cold waves16%Tornadoes12%Heat waves5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Maynard faces

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

Earthquakes

30% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Maynard flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Randolph County.

Disasters that hit Maynard

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MaynardDeclared for Randolph County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $770 aid approved

2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2024

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

2 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2017

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

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2014

Severe Storms,tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$96K to the Town of Maynard for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $5K to the Town of Maynard for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

14 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Randolph County has had 22 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. Maynard 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 Maynard’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Maynard. 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.