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Rose Bud, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rose Bud comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Rose Bud?

80
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding41%Earthquakes18%Tornadoes17%Heat waves6%Ice storms5%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Rose Bud faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold 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 Rose Bud flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Rose Bud isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: White County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

16storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Rose Bud

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Rose BudDeclared for White County only
2017

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

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved $27K to the Town of Rose Bud for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

3 households applied for aid $563 aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Rose Bud for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved $7K to the Town of Rose Bud for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

24 households applied for aid $17K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $29K aid approved $20K to the Town of Rose Bud for repairs
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$5K to the Town of Rose Bud for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$23K to the Town of Rose Bud for repairs
White County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice 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. Rose Bud 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 Rose Bud’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rose Bud. 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.

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