Natural hazards · Wabbaseka

Wabbaseka, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wabbaseka comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wabbaseka?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wabbaseka to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding53%Earthquakes19%Tornadoes8%Drought6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Wabbaseka faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Wabbaseka flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Wabbaseka

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WabbasekaDeclared for Jefferson County only

2023

Severe Winter Storm

$30K to the Town of Wabbaseka for repairs

2015

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

1 household applied for aid $20K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$13K to the Town of Wabbaseka for repairs

Jefferson County has had 20 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. Wabbaseka 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 Wabbaseka’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Wabbaseka. 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.