Natural hazards · Tontitown

Tontitown, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tontitown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2011. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tontitown?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tontitown to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding35%Heat waves29%Ice storms9%Tornadoes9%Wildfire6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Tontitown faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Tontitown flood?

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

3paid claims since 2011

$115Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $11K
Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $75K

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. Tontitown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Tontitown

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TontitownDeclared for Washington County only

2017

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

1 household applied for aid $14K to the City of Tontitown for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

$63K to the City of Tontitown for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$72K to the City of Tontitown for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$2K to the City of Tontitown for repairs

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

Around Tontitown

Tontitown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tontitownmostly inland floodingModerate

Elm Springsmostly heat wavesModerate

Springdalemostly heat wavesLow

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