Natural hazards · Waldenburg

Waldenburg, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Waldenburg comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Waldenburg?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Waldenburg to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes40%Inland flooding21%Drought15%Tornadoes12%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Waldenburg faces

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

Earthquakes

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years 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 Waldenburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Poinsett County.

Disasters that hit Waldenburg

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaldenburgDeclared for Poinsett County only

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the Town of Waldenburg for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

Poinsett County has had 25 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. Waldenburg 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 Waldenburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Waldenburg. 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.