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Springfield, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springfield 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 Springfield?

67
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springfield to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes26%Earthquakes14%Ice storms8%Heat waves6%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Springfield 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 49% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Ice storms

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

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Springfield flood?

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

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

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringfieldDeclared for Conway County only
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

15 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
Conway County has had 23 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. Springfield 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 Springfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Springfield. 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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