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Natural hazards · Wheatley

Wheatley, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wheatley comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Wheatley?

76
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wheatley to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes40%Inland flooding25%Drought11%Earthquakes8%Heat waves5%Strong wind5%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Wheatley faces

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

Tornadoes

40% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places
Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Wheatley flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WheatleyDeclared for St. Francis County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$41K to the City of Wheatley for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$25K to the City of Wheatley for repairs
1999

Ar Severe Weather 1-21-99

$27K to the City of Wheatley for repairs
St. Francis County has had 17 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. Wheatley 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 Wheatley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wheatley. 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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