Natural hazards · Bentonville

Bentonville, OH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bentonville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bentonville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bentonville to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Bentonville faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Bentonville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Adams County.

Disasters that hit Bentonville

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Adams County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Bentonville itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BentonvilleDeclared for Adams County only

Adams County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Bentonville

Bentonville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bentonvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Spriggmostly inland floodingHigh

Libertymostly inland floodingModerate

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. Bentonville 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 Bentonville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bentonville. 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.