Natural hazards · Wrightsville

Wrightsville, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wrightsville comes from inland flooding, 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 Wrightsville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding38%Earthquakes23%Tornadoes23%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Wrightsville faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Wrightsville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pulaski County.

Disasters that hit Wrightsville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WrightsvilleDeclared for Pulaski County only

2012

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the City of Wrightsville for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$36K to the City of Wrightsville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$1K to the City of Wrightsville for repairs

Pulaski County has had 28 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. Wrightsville 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 Wrightsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wrightsville. 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.