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Morrilton, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Morrilton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1982. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Morrilton?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Morrilton to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding27%Earthquakes26%Tornadoes23%Ice storms8%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Morrilton faces

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

26% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 40 years in the area

Ice storms

8% 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 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 Morrilton flood?

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

10paid claims since 1982
$93Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $13K
  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $15K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Morrilton

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorriltonDeclared for Conway County only
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $77K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

$2K to the City of Morrilton for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$40K to the City of Morrilton for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding Associated With Hurricane Gustav

$8K to the City of Morrilton for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $54K aid approved $4K to the City of Morrilton for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $14K to the City of Morrilton for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$22K to the City of Morrilton for repairs
Conway County has had 23 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. Morrilton 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 Morrilton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Morrilton. 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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