Natural hazards · Piggott

Piggott, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Piggott comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 26 claims here since 1986. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Piggott?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Piggott to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes49%Cold waves14%Tornadoes10%Inland flooding9%Heat waves7%Ice storms5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Piggott faces

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

Earthquakes

49% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 84 years in the area

Inland flooding

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Piggott flood?

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

26paid claims since 1986

$327Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19862026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 4 claims, $27K
Central U.S. April Flooding: 2 claims, $13K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clay County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

1flood-prone homes bought out and moved

Disasters that hit Piggott

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PiggottDeclared for Clay County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

28 households applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$376K to the City of Piggott for repairs

2008

Tropical Storm Ike

$34K to the City of Piggott for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$41K to the City of Piggott for repairs

2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the City of Piggott for repairs

Clay County has had 21 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. Piggott covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Piggott’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Piggott. 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 Piggott total about $4.4M 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.