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Natural hazards · Sparkman

Sparkman, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sparkman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sparkman?

71
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sparkman to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes12%Earthquakes9%Heat waves8%Strong wind8%Ice storms5%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Sparkman faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% 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 Sparkman flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sparkman isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Dallas County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Sparkman

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SparkmanDeclared for Dallas County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2015

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

$28K to the City of Sparkman for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

4 households applied for aid $23K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$22K to the City of Sparkman for repairs
Dallas County has had 16 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. Sparkman 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 Sparkman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sparkman. 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.

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