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West Fork, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Fork comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2004. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is West Fork?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Fork to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding38%Heat waves33%Tornadoes9%Ice storms6%Wildfire5%Everything else9%
By hazard

What West Fork faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

33% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Wildfire

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 West Fork flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in West Fork, from FEMA’s records.

3paid claims since 2004
$49Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20042026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $19K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. West Fork isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Washington County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit West Fork

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in West Fork itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of West Fork.

Brought FEMA money into West ForkDeclared for Washington County only
2017

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

22 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2015

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

$81K to the City of West Fork for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

108 households applied for aid $159K aid approved $41K to the City of West Fork for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$45K to the City of West Fork for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

42 households applied for aid $54K aid approved
2004

Sever Storms, Flooding and Landslides

$204K to the City of West Fork for repairs
Washington County has had 16 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. West Fork 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 Fork’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of West Fork. 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.

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