Natural hazards · Mulberry

Mulberry, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mulberry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mulberry?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mulberry to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding49%Heat waves13%Tornadoes11%Drought6%Cold waves5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Mulberry faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

13% 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 24 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Mulberry flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Mulberry 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

14storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Mulberry

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MulberryDeclared for Crawford County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $114K to the City of Mulberry for repairs

2015

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

6 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $25K to the City of Mulberry for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm

$36K to the City of Mulberry for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $485 aid approved $6K to the City of Mulberry for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

2 households applied for aid $519 aid approved $3K to the City of Mulberry for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

51 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $24K to the City of Mulberry for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$28K to the City of Mulberry 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. Mulberry 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 Mulberry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mulberry. 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.