Natural hazards · Rison

Rison, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rison comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rison?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rison to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding32%Tornadoes21%Earthquakes13%Heat waves10%Strong wind8%Ice storms7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Rison faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Rison flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Rison

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RisonDeclared for Cleveland County only

2023

Severe Winter Storm

$73K to the City of Rison for repairs

Cleveland County has had 17 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. Rison 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 Rison’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rison. 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.