Natural hazards · Zinc

Zinc, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Zinc comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Zinc?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Zinc to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding31%Cold waves27%Tornadoes15%Ice storms10%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Zinc faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

10% 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 weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Zinc flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Boone County.

Disasters that hit Zinc

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ZincDeclared for Boone County only

2017

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

1 household applied for aid

Boone County has had 20 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. Zinc 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 Zinc’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Zinc. 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.