Natural hazards · O'Kean

O'Kean, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in O'Kean comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is O'Kean?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in O'Kean to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes30%Inland flooding26%Cold waves16%Tornadoes12%Heat waves5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What O'Kean faces

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

Earthquakes

30% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 O'Kean flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Randolph County.

Disasters that hit O'Kean

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in O'Kean itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of O'Kean.

Brought FEMA money into O'KeanDeclared for Randolph County only

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$9K to the Town of O'Kean for repairs

Randolph County has had 22 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. O'Kean 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 O'Kean’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of O'Kean. 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.