Natural hazards · Weldon

Weldon, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weldon comes from inland flooding, 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 Weldon?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weldon to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding24%Earthquakes20%Tornadoes19%Drought18%Ice storms8%Cold waves5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Weldon faces

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

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat 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 Weldon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

Disasters that hit Weldon

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeldonDeclared for Jackson County only

Jackson County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Weldon 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 Weldon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Weldon. 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.