Natural hazards · Western Grove

Western Grove, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Western Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Western Grove?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Western Grove to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes18%Lightning12%Cold waves10%Ice storms8%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Western Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lightning

12% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 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 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% 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 Western Grove flood?

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

Disasters that hit Western Grove

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Western Grove itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Western Grove.

Brought FEMA money into Western GroveDeclared for Newton County only

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$8K to the Town of Western Grove for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $21K to the Town of Western Grove for repairs

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