Natural hazards · Wayton

Wayton, AR natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wayton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wayton to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes20%Lightning15%Cold waves12%Ice storms7%Strong wind6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Wayton faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lightning

15% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

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 Wayton flood?

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

Disasters that hit Wayton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaytonDeclared for Newton County only

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