Natural hazards · Winslow

Winslow, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Winslow comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Winslow?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Winslow to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding41%Heat waves28%Tornadoes8%Wildfire8%Ice storms6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Winslow faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Winslow flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Winslow

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WinslowDeclared for Washington County only

2019

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

$106K to the City of Winslow for repairs

2017

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

12 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

75 households applied for aid $115K aid approved $41K to the City of Winslow for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$6K to the City of Winslow for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2004

Sever Storms, Flooding and Landslides

$22K to the City of Winslow for repairs

Washington County has had 16 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. Winslow 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 Winslow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Winslow. 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.