Natural hazards · Rockwell

Rockwell, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rockwell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rockwell?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockwell to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes16%Earthquakes6%Heat waves6%Ice storms5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Rockwell faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% 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 wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Rockwell flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Garland County.

Disasters that hit Rockwell

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Garland County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Rockwell itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into RockwellDeclared for Garland County only

Garland County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Rockwell

Rockwell and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pineymostly inland floodingVery high

Rockwellmostly inland floodingVery high

Hot Springsmostly inland floodingHigh

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