Natural hazards · North Crossett

North Crossett, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Crossett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 2008.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Crossett?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Crossett to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes14%Heat waves8%Earthquakes8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What North Crossett faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 North Crossett flood?

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

9paid claims since 2008

$263Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Gustav: 2 claims, $15K
Late winter severe storms: 2 claims, $142K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ashley County.

Disasters that hit North Crossett

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Ashley County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching North Crossett itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into North CrossettDeclared for Ashley County only

Ashley County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. North Crossett covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to North Crossett’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to North Crossett. 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 North Crossett total about $1.4M 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.