Natural hazards · Wilton

Wilton, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wilton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wilton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wilton to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes13%Ice storms12%Lightning8%Hail6%Heat waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Wilton faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Ice storms

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lightning

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Wilton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Little River County.

Disasters that hit Wilton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WiltonDeclared for Little River County only

2015

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

1 household applied for aid

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$34K to the City of Wilton for repairs

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