Natural hazards · Rye

Rye, AR natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rye?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rye to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes17%Earthquakes10%Heat waves8%Strong wind7%Ice storms5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Rye faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Rye flood?

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

Disasters that hit Rye

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RyeDeclared for Cleveland County only

Cleveland County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter 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. Rye 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 Rye’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Rye. 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.