Natural hazards · Oneida

Oneida, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oneida comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Oneida?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oneida to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes36%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes15%Drought5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Oneida faces

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

Earthquakes

36% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Oneida flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Phillips County.

Disasters that hit Oneida

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OneidaDeclared for Phillips County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

17 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

22 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

Phillips County has had 16 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. Oneida 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 Oneida’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Oneida. 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.

Oneida, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Oneida?

What Oneida faces

Earthquakes

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Oneida flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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