Natural hazards · Vandervoort

Vandervoort, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vandervoort comes from inland flooding, 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 Vandervoort?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vandervoort to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes12%Ice storms8%Heat waves6%Hail5%Wildfire5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Vandervoort faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years 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

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesWinter 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 Vandervoort flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Polk County.

Disasters that hit Vandervoort

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VandervoortDeclared for Polk County only

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$4K to the Town of Vandervoort for repairs

Polk County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

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