Natural hazards · Mountainburg

Mountainburg, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mountainburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Mountainburg?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mountainburg to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Heat waves11%Tornadoes11%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Mountainburg faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Mountainburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Mountainburg

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MountainburgDeclared for Crawford County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2015

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

7 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $5K to the City of Mountainburg for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

7 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

44 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $15K to the City of Mountainburg for repairs

Crawford County has had 20 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. Mountainburg 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 Mountainburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mountainburg. 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.