Natural hazards · Tollette

Tollette, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tollette comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tollette?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tollette to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Ice storms13%Tornadoes10%Hail7%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Tollette faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

13% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Tollette flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Howard County.

Disasters that hit Tollette

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TolletteDeclared for Howard County only

2015

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

$2K to the Town of Tollette for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Tollette for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$36K to the Town of Tollette for repairs

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