Natural hazards · Sidney

Sidney, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sidney comes from inland flooding, 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 Sidney?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sidney to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding40%Ice storms18%Earthquakes13%Tornadoes12%Cold waves8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Sidney 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

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Sidney flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sharp County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Sidney

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SidneyDeclared for Sharp County only

2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

Sharp County has had 21 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. Sidney 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 Sidney’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sidney. 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.

Sidney, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Sidney?

What Sidney faces

Inland flooding

Ice storms

Earthquakes

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Sidney flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

How to read this page

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