Natural hazards · Sheridan

Sheridan, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sheridan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 2009. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sheridan?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sheridan to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes22%Earthquakes15%Ice storms9%Strong wind8%Heat waves8%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Sheridan faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 89 years in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times 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 Sheridan flood?

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

8paid claims since 2009

$93Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20092026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 2 claims, $9K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grant County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

35storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Sheridan

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SheridanDeclared for Grant County only

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$59K to the City of Sheridan for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

41 households applied for aid $143K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$57K to the City of Sheridan for repairs

Grant County has had 15 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. Sheridan covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sheridan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sheridan. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Sheridan total about $1.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.