Natural hazards · Paris

Paris, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Paris comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2008. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Paris?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Paris to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes19%Heat waves9%Earthquakes7%Ice storms6%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Paris faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% 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 Paris flood?

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

1paid claims since 2008

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Logan County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Paris

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParisDeclared for Logan County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $148K aid approved

2015

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

$13K to the City of Paris for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

23 households applied for aid $50K aid approved $95K to the City of Paris for repairs

2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$36K to the City of Paris for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$11K to the City of Paris for repairs

Logan County has had 18 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. Paris covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Paris’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Paris. 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 Paris total about $1.7M 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.