Natural hazards · Pollard

Pollard, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pollard comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pollard?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pollard to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding26%Drought18%Earthquakes18%Cold waves15%Tornadoes8%Heat waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Pollard faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Pollard flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Pollard 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

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Pollard

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PollardDeclared for Clay County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the City of Pollard for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$4K to the City of Pollard 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. Pollard 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 Pollard’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pollard. 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.