Natural hazards · Sunset

Sunset, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sunset comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sunset?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sunset to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes39%Inland flooding32%Tornadoes7%Heat waves6%Cold waves5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Sunset faces

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

Earthquakes

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 77 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Sunset flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crittenden County.

Disasters that hit Sunset

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SunsetDeclared for Crittenden County only

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$7K to the Town of Sunset for repairs

Crittenden County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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