Natural hazards · Moorefield

Moorefield, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moorefield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Moorefield?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moorefield to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding31%Tornadoes24%Earthquakes18%Ice storms12%Cold waves7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Moorefield faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 84 years in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Ice storms

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat 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 Moorefield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Independence County.

Disasters that hit Moorefield

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Independence County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Moorefield itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into MoorefieldDeclared for Independence County only

Independence County has had 26 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. Moorefield 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 Moorefield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Moorefield. 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.