Natural hazards · Vilonia

Vilonia, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vilonia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2009. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vilonia?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vilonia to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes25%Earthquakes13%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Vilonia faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 39 years in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Vilonia flood?

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

4paid claims since 2009

$96Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20092026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 3 claims, $71K

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

Insurance rates: Faulkner County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

46storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Vilonia

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ViloniaDeclared for Faulkner County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $453 aid approved

2017

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

1 household applied for aid

2015

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

1 household applied for aid

2014

Severe Storms,tornadoes, and Flooding

281 households applied for aid $525K aid approved $885K to the City of Vilonia for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

289 households applied for aid $191K aid approved $671K to the City of Vilonia for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$53K to the City of Vilonia for repairs

Faulkner County has had 24 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. Vilonia covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vilonia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Vilonia. 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 Vilonia total about $4.7M 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.