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Natural hazards · McCrory

McCrory, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McCrory comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1987. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is McCrory?

83
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McCrory to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes34%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes17%Drought12%Ice storms6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What McCrory faces

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

Earthquakes

34% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 McCrory flood?

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

21paid claims since 1987
$409Kpaid to owners
5homes flooded more than once
19872026

Biggest named events

  • Late spring severe storms: 6 claims, $145K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. McCrory isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Woodruff County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

27storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit McCrory

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McCroryDeclared for Woodruff County only
2017

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

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $18K to the City of McCrory for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

5 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $25K to the City of McCrory for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the City of McCrory for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$59K to the City of McCrory for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$45K to the City of McCrory for repairs
Woodruff County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
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. McCrory 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 McCrory’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of McCrory. 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.

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