Natural hazards · Roe

Roe, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roe comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Roe?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roe to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes34%Inland flooding32%Tornadoes19%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Roe faces

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

Earthquakes

34% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 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 Roe flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

Disasters that hit Roe

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RoeDeclared for Monroe County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

3 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

Monroe County has had 22 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. Roe 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 Roe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Roe. 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.