Arkansas Natural Disaster Risk by County
Of Arkansas's 75 counties, 0 have a Very High natural-hazard risk rating in FEMA's National Risk Index (v1.20, December 2025); the highest is Pulaski County (score 96.8 of 100), and expected losses across the state total $1.8 billion a year.
OpenFEMA lists 87 federal disaster, emergency and fire management declarations for Arkansas since 1957 (not counting COVID-19); the latest is FM-5676-AR, Bunker Fire, declared 15 September 2026.
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Most exposed counties, hazard by hazard
Top 10 by FEMA hazard risk scoreHurricane 75 rated
| # | County | Rating | Loss a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulaski County | Relatively Low | $607,313 |
| 2 | Chicot County | Relatively Low | $241,440 |
| 3 | Jefferson County | Relatively Low | $236,403 |
| 4 | Ashley County | Relatively Low | $235,430 |
| 5 | Hempstead County | Relatively Low | $239,665 |
| 6 | Desha County | Relatively Low | $181,923 |
| 7 | Lafayette County | Relatively Low | $188,113 |
| 8 | Garland County | Relatively Low | $181,579 |
| 9 | Arkansas County | Relatively Low | $160,231 |
| 10 | Columbia County | Relatively Low | $149,728 |
Tornado 75 rated
| # | County | Rating | Loss a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulaski County | Very High | $42 million |
| 2 | Craighead County | Relatively High | $18 million |
| 3 | Faulkner County | Relatively High | $23 million |
| 4 | Garland County | Relatively High | $12 million |
| 5 | St. Francis County | Relatively High | $8.6 million |
| 6 | Washington County | Relatively High | $14 million |
| 7 | Pope County | Relatively High | $11 million |
| 8 | Sebastian County | Relatively High | $9.8 million |
| 9 | Jefferson County | Relatively High | $5.9 million |
| 10 | White County | Relatively High | $7.3 million |
Inland flooding 75 rated
| # | County | Rating | Loss a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulaski County | Relatively High | $91 million |
| 2 | Benton County | Relatively Moderate | $50 million |
| 3 | Washington County | Relatively Moderate | $42 million |
| 4 | Garland County | Relatively Moderate | $28 million |
| 5 | Sebastian County | Relatively Moderate | $25 million |
| 6 | White County | Relatively Moderate | $18 million |
| 7 | Craighead County | Relatively Moderate | $15 million |
| 8 | Jefferson County | Relatively Moderate | $12 million |
| 9 | Faulkner County | Relatively Moderate | $22 million |
| 10 | Pope County | Relatively Moderate | $17 million |
Wildfire 75 rated
| # | County | Rating | Loss a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington County | Relatively Moderate | $3.0 million |
| 2 | Benton County | Relatively Moderate | $2.6 million |
| 3 | Crawford County | Relatively Moderate | $1.6 million |
| 4 | Sebastian County | Relatively Moderate | $1.3 million |
| 5 | Franklin County | Relatively Low | $327,015 |
| 6 | Polk County | Relatively Low | $355,649 |
| 7 | White County | Relatively Low | $335,476 |
| 8 | Faulkner County | Relatively Low | $403,733 |
| 9 | Cleburne County | Relatively Low | $207,473 |
| 10 | Van Buren County | Relatively Low | $159,851 |
Earthquake 75 rated
| # | County | Rating | Loss a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulaski County | Relatively High | $50 million |
| 2 | Mississippi County | Relatively Moderate | $32 million |
| 3 | Craighead County | Relatively Moderate | $36 million |
| 4 | Crittenden County | Relatively Moderate | $18 million |
| 5 | White County | Relatively Moderate | $16 million |
| 6 | Greene County | Relatively Moderate | $14 million |
| 7 | Jefferson County | Relatively Moderate | $11 million |
| 8 | Poinsett County | Relatively Moderate | $12 million |
| 9 | Cross County | Relatively Moderate | $11 million |
| 10 | Faulkner County | Relatively Moderate | $15 million |
Every Arkansas county, highest overall risk first
75| # | County | Overall risk | Score | Loss a year | Top hazard | Declarations | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulaski County | Relatively High | 96.8 | $212 million | Ice storm | 31 | 101 |
| 2 | Washington County | Relatively Moderate | 92.3 | $130 million | Ice storm | 18 | 37 |
| 3 | Craighead County | Relatively Moderate | 91.8 | $90 million | Ice storm | 26 | 55 |
| 4 | Garland County | Relatively Moderate | 89.3 | $57 million | Ice storm | 19 | 40 |
| 5 | Mississippi County | Relatively Moderate | 89.2 | $52 million | Drought | 19 | 50 |
| 6 | Benton County | Relatively Moderate | 88.7 | $92 million | Ice storm | 23 | 60 |
| 7 | Sebastian County | Relatively Moderate | 86.8 | $58 million | Ice storm | 19 | 38 |
| 8 | Faulkner County | Relatively Moderate | 86.2 | $75 million | Ice storm | 26 | 60 |
| 9 | White County | Relatively Moderate | 85.7 | $51 million | Ice storm | 27 | 80 |
| 10 | Jefferson County | Relatively Moderate | 85.2 | $37 million | Ice storm | 23 | 38 |
| 11 | Crittenden County | Relatively Moderate | 83.0 | $39 million | Earthquake | 19 | 16 |
| 12 | Greene County | Relatively Low | 80.2 | $34 million | Earthquake | 26 | 36 |
| 13 | Pope County | Relatively Low | 77.8 | $39 million | Ice storm | 17 | 28 |
| 14 | Saline County | Relatively Low | 77.6 | $41 million | Ice storm | 21 | 55 |
| 15 | Lonoke County | Relatively Low | 75.1 | $41 million | Ice storm | 27 | 85 |
| 16 | St. Francis County | Relatively Low | 74.7 | $19 million | Tornado | 20 | 25 |
| 17 | Cleburne County | Relatively Low | 72.7 | $23 million | Ice storm | 21 | 30 |
| 18 | Poinsett County | Relatively Low | 72.5 | $25 million | Earthquake | 30 | 47 |
| 19 | Baxter County | Relatively Low | 72.3 | $21 million | Ice storm | 19 | 22 |
| 20 | Crawford County | Relatively Low | 71.6 | $30 million | Ice storm | 24 | 33 |
| 21 | Clay County | Relatively Low | 71.6 | $21 million | Drought | 23 | 24 |
| 22 | Miller County | Relatively Low | 70.8 | $20 million | Hail | 19 | 26 |
| 23 | Independence County | Relatively Low | 69.1 | $24 million | Ice storm | 29 | 43 |
| 24 | Sharp County | Relatively Low | 68.1 | $16 million | Ice storm | 24 | 22 |
| 25 | Lawrence County | Relatively Low | 67.9 | $19 million | Ice storm | 21 | 24 |
| 26 | Jackson County | Relatively Low | 67.8 | $17 million | Ice storm | 33 | 60 |
| 27 | Randolph County | Relatively Low | 67.0 | $20 million | Earthquake | 25 | 21 |
| 28 | Cross County | Relatively Low | 64.9 | $20 million | Earthquake | 22 | 28 |
| 29 | Sevier County | Relatively Low | 64.9 | $14 million | Ice storm | 16 | 18 |
| 30 | Carroll County | Relatively Low | 64.6 | $16 million | Ice storm | 19 | 16 |
| 31 | Arkansas County | Relatively Low | 63.2 | $16 million | Earthquake | 18 | 47 |
| 32 | Boone County | Relatively Low | 62.3 | $21 million | Ice storm | 21 | 17 |
| 33 | Phillips County | Relatively Low | 61.7 | $14 million | Earthquake | 16 | 22 |
| 34 | Yell County | Relatively Low | 58.9 | $15 million | Ice storm | 20 | 34 |
| 35 | Johnson County | Relatively Low | 58.1 | $14 million | Ice storm | 24 | 39 |
| 36 | Conway County | Relatively Low | 56.6 | $13 million | Ice storm | 27 | 41 |
| 37 | Hot Spring County | Relatively Low | 55.5 | $14 million | Ice storm | 18 | 41 |
| 38 | Union County | Relatively Low | 53.9 | $13 million | Ice storm | 19 | 40 |
| 39 | Ashley County | Relatively Low | 53.9 | $12 million | Ice storm | 13 | 39 |
| 40 | Izard County | Relatively Low | 53.1 | $10 million | Ice storm | 29 | 25 |
| 41 | Hempstead County | Relatively Low | 52.1 | $12 million | Ice storm | 24 | 32 |
| 42 | Ouachita County | Relatively Low | 51.2 | $10 million | Ice storm | 27 | 22 |
| 43 | Fulton County | Relatively Low | 50.7 | $9.4 million | Ice storm | 26 | 19 |
| 44 | Van Buren County | Relatively Low | 50.6 | $10.0 million | Ice storm | 23 | 34 |
| 45 | Stone County | Relatively Low | 49.9 | $10 million | Ice storm | 28 | 22 |
| 46 | Franklin County | Relatively Low | 49.4 | $9.6 million | Ice storm | 25 | 33 |
| 47 | Howard County | Relatively Low | 48.5 | $9.9 million | Ice storm | 20 | 32 |
| 48 | Logan County | Relatively Low | 48.2 | $12 million | Ice storm | 21 | 29 |
| 49 | Marion County | Relatively Low | 48.0 | $9.8 million | Ice storm | 26 | 21 |
| 50 | Polk County | Relatively Low | 46.1 | $9.8 million | Ice storm | 22 | 34 |
| 51 | Madison County | Relatively Low | 45.1 | $12 million | Ice storm | 28 | 27 |
| 52 | Little River County | Relatively Low | 44.1 | $9.3 million | Ice storm | 21 | 19 |
| 53 | Chicot County | Relatively Low | 43.8 | $8.9 million | Drought | 16 | 37 |
| 54 | Woodruff County | Very Low | 42.3 | $8.5 million | Ice storm | 26 | 38 |
| 55 | Columbia County | Very Low | 42.1 | $8.6 million | Ice storm | 20 | 34 |
| 56 | Prairie County | Very Low | 41.4 | $9.0 million | Earthquake | 20 | 37 |
| 57 | Clark County | Very Low | 41.1 | $10 million | Lightning | 22 | 36 |
| 58 | Lee County | Very Low | 40.4 | $7.2 million | Earthquake | 16 | 13 |
| 59 | Monroe County | Very Low | 36.5 | $7.6 million | Earthquake | 25 | 21 |
| 60 | Drew County | Very Low | 35.1 | $7.1 million | Earthquake | 18 | 21 |
| 61 | Lafayette County | Very Low | 33.2 | $6.9 million | Ice storm | 19 | 16 |
| 62 | Desha County | Very Low | 32.9 | $6.5 million | Earthquake | 19 | 26 |
| 63 | Bradley County | Very Low | 30.8 | $5.8 million | Ice storm | 24 | 21 |
| 64 | Montgomery County | Very Low | 30.7 | $5.7 million | Ice storm | 22 | 16 |
| 65 | Nevada County | Very Low | 30.6 | $5.7 million | Ice storm | 24 | 23 |
| 66 | Lincoln County | Very Low | 29.8 | $6.8 million | Drought | 22 | 22 |
| 67 | Perry County | Very Low | 28.1 | $7.4 million | Ice storm | 23 | 19 |
| 68 | Searcy County | Very Low | 27.7 | $6.4 million | Ice storm | 24 | 17 |
| 69 | Scott County | Very Low | 26.8 | $7.9 million | Ice storm | 21 | 7 |
| 70 | Pike County | Very Low | 26.6 | $6.6 million | Ice storm | 21 | 23 |
| 71 | Newton County | Very Low | 18.4 | $4.0 million | Lightning | 28 | 16 |
| 72 | Grant County | Very Low | 15.7 | $6.1 million | Ice storm | 17 | 27 |
| 73 | Dallas County | Very Low | 10.1 | $3.2 million | Ice storm | 20 | 29 |
| 74 | Cleveland County | Very Low | 9.5 | $2.9 million | Ice storm | 19 | 11 |
| 75 | Calhoun County | Very Low | 2.3 | $2.8 million | Ice storm | 21 | 18 |
Score: FEMA's national percentile (higher = more risk). Declarations: federal declarations that named the county since 1953, not counting COVID-19. Tornadoes: NOAA SPC tornadoes that touched the county, 1950–2025.
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What this page shows, and what it misses
FEMA's National Risk Index compares every US county with every other for 18 natural hazards, combining expected losses with social vulnerability and community resilience. It is a planning-level estimate for nationwide comparison, not a flood-zone map and not the risk to any one property — for flood zones use FEMA's Flood Map Service Center ↗. Federal declarations exclude state declarations and SBA or USDA designations.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Risk Index Dataset: National Risk Index Counties - v1.20.0 (December 2025). Retrieved from https://services.arcgis.com/XG15cJAlne2vxtgt/ArcGIS/rest/services/National_Risk_Index_Counties/FeatureServer/0/query on November 2, 2026, 1:20 PM EST. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2, retrieved from https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries on November 2, 2026, 1:21 PM EST. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Tornado records: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Severe Weather Database, tornadoes 1950–2025 (https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/data/1950-2025_actual_tornadoes.csv, downloaded 2 November 2026). Public domain; not endorsed by NOAA. Compiled by Global Incident Tracker.
Questions about Arkansas
Which county in Arkansas has the highest natural disaster risk?
Of Arkansas's 75 counties, 0 have a Very High natural-hazard risk rating in FEMA's National Risk Index (v1.20, December 2025); the highest is Pulaski County (score 96.8 of 100), and expected losses across the state total $1.8 billion a year.
Which Arkansas counties are most at risk from tornadoes?
By FEMA's National Risk Index tornado risk score: Pulaski County, Craighead County, Faulkner County. These are planning-level estimates for whole counties, not maps of individual properties.
Which Arkansas counties are most at risk from hurricanes?
By FEMA's National Risk Index hurricane risk score: Pulaski County, Chicot County, Jefferson County. These are planning-level estimates for whole counties, not maps of individual properties.
How many FEMA disaster declarations has Arkansas had?
OpenFEMA lists 87 federal disaster, emergency and fire management declarations for Arkansas since 1957 (not counting COVID-19); the latest is FM-5676-AR, Bunker Fire, declared 15 September 2026.