Natural hazards · Success

Success, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Success comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2008. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Success?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Success to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding32%Earthquakes19%Drought17%Cold waves11%Tornadoes7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Success faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Success flood?

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

3paid claims since 2008

$98Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $28K
Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $65K
March storm: 1 claim, $5K

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

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

Insurance rates: Clay County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Success

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SuccessDeclared for Clay County only

2017

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

32 households applied for aid $143K aid approved $92K to the Town of Success for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

23 households applied for aid $71K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$26K to the Town of Success for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$2K to the Town of Success for repairs

Clay 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. Success 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 Success’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Success. 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.