Natural hazards · Salesville

Salesville, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Salesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 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 Salesville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Salesville to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes16%Ice storms9%Cold waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Salesville faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Salesville flood?

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

10paid claims since 2008

$405Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 2 claims, $49K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Baxter County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Salesville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SalesvilleDeclared for Baxter County only

2024

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

49 households applied for aid $243K aid approved $14K to the City of Salesville for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$3K to the City of Salesville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $88K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$872 to the City of Salesville for repairs

Baxter County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Salesville 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 Salesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Salesville. 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.