Natural hazards · Redfield

Redfield, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Redfield comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2021. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Redfield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Redfield to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes46%Inland flooding21%Tornadoes14%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Redfield faces

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

Earthquakes

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Redfield flood?

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

1paid claims since 2021

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20212026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Redfield

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RedfieldDeclared for Jefferson County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $181K aid approved

2015

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

5 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the City of Redfield for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$12K to the City of Redfield for repairs

Jefferson County has had 20 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. Redfield 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 Redfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Redfield. 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.

Redfield, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Redfield?

What Redfield faces

Earthquakes

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Redfield flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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