Natural hazards · Winthrop

Winthrop, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Winthrop comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 Winthrop?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Winthrop to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding43%Ice storms33%Tornadoes8%Hail5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Winthrop faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

33% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Winthrop flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Winthrop 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 Winthrop

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WinthropDeclared for Little River County only

2015

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

26 households applied for aid $117K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$12K to the City of Winthrop 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. Winthrop 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 Winthrop’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Winthrop. 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.