Natural hazards · White Hall

White Hall, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in White Hall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1997. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is White Hall?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in White Hall to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding27%Earthquakes23%Tornadoes21%Heat waves9%Strong wind8%Ice storms5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What White Hall faces

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

23% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 White Hall flood?

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

9paid claims since 1997

$90Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $2K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

11flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

9storm safe rooms built

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit White Hall

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into White HallDeclared for Jefferson County only

2020

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$52K to the City of White Hall for repairs

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

73 households applied for aid $484K aid approved

2015

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

70 households applied for aid $197K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

24 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$20K to the City of White Hall for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$45K to the City of White Hall for repairs

Jefferson County has had 20 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. White Hall covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to White Hall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of White Hall. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across White Hall total about $2.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.