Natural hazards · Midway

Midway, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Midway comes from inland flooding, 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 Midway?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Midway to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes12%Strong wind7%Ice storms7%Heat waves7%Earthquakes5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Midway faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Midway flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hot Spring County.

Disasters that hit Midway

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MidwayDeclared for Hot Spring County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved

Hot Spring County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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

Midway, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Midway?

What Midway faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Ice storms

Heat waves

Earthquakes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Midway flood?

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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