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Natural hazards · Prescott

Prescott, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Prescott comes from inland flooding, 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 Prescott?

77
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Prescott to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding33%Ice storms27%Tornadoes12%Hail6%Earthquakes6%Heat waves6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Prescott faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

27% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Prescott flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Prescott

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrescottDeclared for Nevada County only
2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$66K to the City of Prescott for repairs
2023

Severe Winter Storm

$484K to the City of Prescott for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$561K to the City of Prescott for repairs
Nevada County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
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. Prescott 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 Prescott’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Prescott. 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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