Natural hazards · Perla

Perla, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Perla comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Perla?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Perla to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes16%Heat waves10%Strong wind10%Ice storms8%Earthquakes8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Perla faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslides

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Perla flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hot Spring County.

Disasters that hit Perla

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PerlaDeclared for Hot Spring County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$25K to the Town of Perla for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$2K to the Town of Perla for repairs

Hot Spring County has had 16 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. Perla 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 Perla’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Perla. 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.