Natural hazards · Piney

Piney, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Piney comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2019.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Piney?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Piney to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding54%Tornadoes19%Ice storms6%Earthquakes6%Heat waves5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Piney faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Piney flood?

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

1paid claims since 2019

$10Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20192026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Garland County.

Disasters that hit Piney

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PineyDeclared for Garland County only

Garland County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Piney

Piney and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pineymostly inland floodingVery high

Rockwellmostly inland floodingVery high

Hot Springsmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Piney covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Piney’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Piney. 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 Piney total about $3.7M 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.