Natural hazards · Sedgwick

Sedgwick, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sedgwick comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sedgwick?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sedgwick to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and drought.

Earthquakes38%Drought17%Inland flooding17%Tornadoes11%Cold waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Sedgwick faces

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

Earthquakes

38% of expected damage

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

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Sedgwick flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Sedgwick

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SedgwickDeclared for Lawrence County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

3 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$8K to the Town of Sedgwick for repairs

Lawrence County has had 19 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. Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sedgwick. 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.