Natural hazards · Roland

Roland, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2008. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Roland?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roland to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes16%Earthquakes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Roland faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

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 Roland flood?

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

5paid claims since 2008

$73Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $32K
Hurricane Gustav: 1 claim, $199
Early winter storms: 1 claim, $14K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pulaski County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Roland

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RolandDeclared for Pulaski County only

2023

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2014

Severe Storms,tornadoes, and Flooding

32 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

27 households applied for aid $80K aid approved

Pulaski County has had 28 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. Roland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Roland’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Roland. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Roland total about $1.7M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.