Natural hazards · Rudy

Rudy, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rudy comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rudy?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rudy to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding40%Heat waves14%Wildfire14%Tornadoes13%Ice storms6%Cold waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Rudy faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Wildfire

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 90 years in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Rudy flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Rudy

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RudyDeclared for Crawford County only

2015

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

18 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

11 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

109 households applied for aid $58K aid approved

Crawford County has had 20 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. Rudy 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 Rudy’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rudy. 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.