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Natural hazards · Widener

Widener, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Widener comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Widener?

77
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Tornadoes30%Earthquakes22%Inland flooding20%Drought12%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Widener faces

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

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Widener flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Widener 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 Widener

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $181K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

30 households applied for aid $188K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $21K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$7K to the Town of Widener 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. Widener 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 Widener’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Widener. 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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