Natural hazards · West Crossett

West Crossett, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Crossett 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 West Crossett?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Crossett to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes17%Earthquakes10%Heat waves9%Everything else17%

By hazard

What West Crossett faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 West Crossett flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ashley County.

Disasters that hit West Crossett

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West CrossettDeclared for Ashley County only

Ashley County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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