Natural hazards · Strawberry

Strawberry, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Strawberry comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is 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 Strawberry?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Strawberry to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes28%Tornadoes23%Inland flooding16%Cold waves9%Ice storms6%Heat waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Strawberry faces

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

Earthquakes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% 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

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Strawberry flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Strawberry

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StrawberryDeclared for Lawrence County only

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$10K to the Town of Strawberry for repairs

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$2K to the Town of Strawberry for repairs

Lawrence County has had 19 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. Strawberry 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 Strawberry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Strawberry. 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.