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Newport, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newport comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 33 claims here since 1980. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newport?

84
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newport to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes31%Tornadoes27%Inland flooding19%Ice storms10%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Newport faces

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

Earthquakes

31% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 79 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

10% 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 Newport flood?

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

33paid claims since 1980
$635Kpaid to owners
6homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 5 claims, $249K
  • March storm: 4 claims, $56K
  • Early winter storms: 1 claim, $15K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

21storm safe rooms built
1buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Newport

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewportDeclared for Jackson County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $131K aid approved
2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

55 households applied for aid $445K aid approved
2021

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

19 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2017

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

14 households applied for aid $18K aid approved
2015

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

19 households applied for aid $37K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

50 households applied for aid $165K aid approved $104K to the City of Newport for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$336K to the City of Newport for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

62 households applied for aid $294K aid approved $118K to the City of Newport for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

29 households applied for aid $59K aid approved $5K to the City of Newport for repairs
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$31K to the City of Newport for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$29K to the City of Newport for repairs
Jackson County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
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. Newport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Newport. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Newport total about $4.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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