Natural hazards · Tuckerman

Tuckerman, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tuckerman comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tuckerman?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tuckerman to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes25%Inland flooding24%Earthquakes22%Drought8%Ice storms8%Cold waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Tuckerman faces

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

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Tuckerman flood?

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

7paid claims since 1979

$108Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Late spring severe storms: 1 claim, $88K

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9storm safe rooms built

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Tuckerman

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TuckermanDeclared for Jackson County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

32 households applied for aid $83K aid approved

2021

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

9 households applied for aid

2017

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

3 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

2015

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

1 household applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

10 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Jackson County has had 28 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. Tuckerman 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 Tuckerman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tuckerman. 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.