Natural hazards · Vanndale

Vanndale, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vanndale comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very 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 Vanndale?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vanndale to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes49%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes8%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Vanndale faces

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

Earthquakes

49% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Vanndale flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cross County.

Disasters that hit Vanndale

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VanndaleDeclared for Cross County only

2023

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Cross County has had 19 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. Vanndale 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 Vanndale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Vanndale. 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.

Vanndale, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Vanndale?

What Vanndale faces

Earthquakes

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Vanndale flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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