Natural hazards · McAlmont

McAlmont, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McAlmont comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McAlmont?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McAlmont to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes45%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes17%Everything else12%

By hazard

What McAlmont faces

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

Earthquakes

45% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 51 years 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 McAlmont flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. McAlmont 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.

Disasters that hit McAlmont

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McAlmontDeclared for Pulaski County only

2023

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

Pulaski County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around McAlmont

McAlmont and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

North Little Rockmostly inland floodingVery high

Sherwoodmostly inland floodingHigh

McAlmontmostly earthquakesHigh

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