Natural hazards · Trumann

Trumann, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Trumann comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Trumann?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Trumann to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes46%Tornadoes18%Inland flooding15%Cold waves8%Ice storms5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Trumann faces

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

Earthquakes

46% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Trumann flood?

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

12paid claims since 1978

$870Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 2 claims, $226K
Early winter storms: 1 claim, $25K

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

Insurance rates: Poinsett County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

31storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Trumann

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TrumannDeclared for Poinsett County only

2021

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

302 households applied for aid $434K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

99 households applied for aid $799K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

Poinsett County has had 25 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. Trumann covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Trumann’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Trumann. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Trumann total about $6.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.