Natural hazards · Walcott

Walcott, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walcott comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Walcott?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes29%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes17%Heat waves9%Drought6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Walcott faces

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

Earthquakes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Walcott flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

Disasters that hit Walcott

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Greene County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Walcott itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WalcottDeclared for Greene County only

Greene 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. Walcott 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 Walcott’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Walcott. 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.