Natural hazards · Ravenden

Ravenden, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ravenden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1997. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ravenden?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ravenden to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding31%Tornadoes23%Earthquakes18%Cold waves8%Heat waves7%Ice storms6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Ravenden faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Ravenden flood?

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

2paid claims since 1997

$16Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19972026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Ravenden

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RavendenDeclared for Lawrence County only

2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2017

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

1 household applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

3 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$30K to the Town of Ravenden for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

11 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Lawrence County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Ravenden 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 Ravenden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ravenden. 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.

Ravenden, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Ravenden?

What Ravenden faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Earthquakes

Cold waves

Heat waves

Ice storms

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Ravenden flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

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