Natural hazards · Midland

Midland, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Midland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Midland?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Midland to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Tornadoes11%Heat waves11%Cold waves7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Midland faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Midland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sebastian County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Midland

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MidlandDeclared for Sebastian County only

2015

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

2 households applied for aid

2013

Severe Winter Storm

$26K to the Town of Midland for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$3K to the Town of Midland for repairs

Sebastian County has had 16 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. Midland 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 Midland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Midland. 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.