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Natural hazards · Springdale

Springdale, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springdale comes from heat waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 35 claims here since 1982. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Springdale?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springdale to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from heat waves and inland flooding.

Heat waves41%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes12%Ice storms8%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Springdale faces

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

Heat waves

41% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Ice storms

8% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Springdale flood?

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

35paid claims since 1982
$1.3Mpaid to owners
7homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 6 claims, $134K
  • Late spring severe storms: 4 claims, $248K

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
🏷️ 10% off flood insurance. Springdale is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 8) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Washington County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

15storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Springdale

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringdaleDeclared for Washington County only
2017

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

125 households applied for aid $211K aid approved $135K to the City of Springdale for repairs
2015

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

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $16K to the City of Springdale for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

133 households applied for aid $174K aid approved $71K to the City of Springdale for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$3.0M to the City of Springdale for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

33 households applied for aid $30K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$48K to the City of Springdale for repairs
Washington County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Springdale

Springdale and the towns around it

Elm Springs: Moderate, mostly heat wavesTontitown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFayetteville: Moderate, mostly heat wavesCave Springs: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJohnson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLowell: Low, mostly inland floodingFarmington: Moderate, mostly heat wavesGreenland: Moderate, mostly heat wavesElkins: Very high, mostly inland floodingRogers: Low, mostly inland floodingBentonville: Low, mostly inland floodingSpringdale: Low, mostly heat waves SpringdaleElm SpringsTontitownFayettevilleCave SpringsJohnsonLowell
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cave Springsmostly inland floodingModerate
Johnsonmostly inland floodingModerate
Fayettevillemostly heat wavesModerate
Tontitownmostly inland floodingModerate
Elm Springsmostly heat wavesModerate
Springdalemostly heat wavesLow
Lowellmostly inland floodingLow
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. Springdale covers 17 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Springdale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Springdale. 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 Springdale total about $33.4M 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.

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