Natural hazards · Wynne

Wynne, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wynne comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 34 claims here since 1980. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Wynne?

86
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wynne to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes57%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes8%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Wynne faces

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

Earthquakes

57% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

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 Wynne flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Wynne, from FEMA’s records.

34paid claims since 1980
$1.4Mpaid to owners
6homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 3 claims, $169K
  • Early winter storms: 1 claim, $20K
  • Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $29K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Wynne isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cross County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Wynne

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WynneDeclared for Cross County only
2025

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $19K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1,582 households applied for aid $3.9M aid approved $6.4M to the City of Wynne for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding

33 households applied for aid $114K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

60 households applied for aid $94K aid approved $4K to the City of Wynne for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

47 households applied for aid $86K aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$280K to the City of Wynne for repairs
Cross County has had 19 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. Wynne covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Wynne’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wynne. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Wynne total about $9.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

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