Natural hazards · Williford

Williford, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Williford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2006. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Williford?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Williford to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding35%Ice storms16%Earthquakes13%Tornadoes13%Cold waves11%Strong wind6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Williford faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Ice storms

16% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Williford flood?

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

3paid claims since 2006

$113Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20062026

Biggest named events

March storm: 1 claim, $104K

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. Williford isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Sharp County.

Disasters that hit Williford

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WillifordDeclared for Sharp County only

2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $92K aid approved

2025

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

20 households applied for aid $167K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $2K to the Town of Williford for repairs

Sharp County has had 21 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. Williford 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 Williford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Williford. 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.

Williford, AR natural hazards

How exposed is Williford?

What Williford faces

Inland flooding

Ice storms

Earthquakes

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Williford flood?

Biggest named events

Homes that flooded again and again

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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