Natural hazards · Patmos

Patmos, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Patmos comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Patmos?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Patmos to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding31%Ice storms21%Tornadoes15%Hail7%Drought6%Strong wind6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Patmos faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Patmos flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hempstead County.

Disasters that hit Patmos

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PatmosDeclared for Hempstead County only

Hempstead 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. Patmos 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 Patmos’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Patmos. 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.