Natural hazards · Norphlet

Norphlet, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Norphlet comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1991. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Norphlet?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Norphlet to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes14%Ice storms13%Heat waves11%Earthquakes7%Strong wind7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Norphlet faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Ice storms

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold 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 Norphlet flood?

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

1paid claims since 1991

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19912026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Union County.

Disasters that hit Norphlet

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorphletDeclared for Union County only

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$4K to the City of Norphlet for repairs

Union County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Norphlet 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 Norphlet’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Norphlet. 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.