Natural hazards · Wilson

Wilson, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wilson comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wilson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wilson to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and drought.

Earthquakes42%Drought22%Inland flooding16%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Wilson faces

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

Earthquakes

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Drought

22% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Wilson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mississippi County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Wilson

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WilsonDeclared for Mississippi County only

2021

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

4 households applied for aid $700 aid approved $3K to the City of Wilson for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$4K to the City of Wilson for repairs

Mississippi County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Wilson 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 Wilson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wilson. 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.