Natural hazards · Wesley

Wesley, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wesley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wesley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wesley to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes15%Heat waves8%Ice storms7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Wesley faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 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

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Wesley flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Madison County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Wesley

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WesleyDeclared for Madison County only

2024

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

1 household applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

20 households applied for aid $94K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

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