Natural hazards · Viola

Viola, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Viola comes from ice storms, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Viola?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Viola to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from ice storms and inland flooding.

Ice storms29%Inland flooding28%Tornadoes14%Cold waves12%Heat waves5%Earthquakes5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Viola faces

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

Ice storms

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Viola flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fulton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Viola

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ViolaDeclared for Fulton County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

2024

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

1 household applied for aid $8K aid approved

2017

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

1 household applied for aid

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$32K to the Town of Viola for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Fulton County has had 23 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. Viola 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 Viola’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Viola. 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.