Natural hazards · Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Murfreesboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1983. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Murfreesboro?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Murfreesboro to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes12%Strong wind9%Hail6%Earthquakes5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Murfreesboro faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Murfreesboro flood?

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

2paid claims since 1983

$9Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pike County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Murfreesboro

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MurfreesboroDeclared for Pike County only

2015

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

$11K to the City of Murfreesboro for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

$20K to the City of Murfreesboro for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the City of Murfreesboro for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$110K to the City of Murfreesboro for repairs

Pike County has had 18 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. Murfreesboro 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 Murfreesboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Murfreesboro. 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.