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Natural hazards · Poplar Grove

Poplar Grove, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Poplar Grove comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Poplar Grove?

73
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Poplar Grove to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes36%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes15%Drought5%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Poplar Grove faces

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

Earthquakes

36% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Poplar Grove flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Poplar Grove isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Phillips County.
Disasters that hit Poplar Grove

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Poplar Grove itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Poplar Grove.

Brought FEMA money into Poplar GroveDeclared for Phillips County only
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

24 households applied for aid $17K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

15 households applied for aid $673 aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

65 households applied for aid $62K aid approved
Phillips County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
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. Poplar Grove 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 Poplar Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Poplar Grove. 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.

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