Flood risk in Arkansas
FEMA NFIP historical claims and active policies aggregated by county. Pick a county to see total paid, average claim amount, and active policy count.
Counties with claims
69
of 75 reporting
Total NFIP claims
2,247
Total claims paid
$68,665,880
Active policies
2,194
Highest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units. Higher means a larger share of homes have a documented claim on file.
- 1.Monroe County20.17 / 1k
- 2.Randolph County14.05 / 1k
- 3.Desha County12.38 / 1k
- 4.Clay County10.56 / 1k
- 5.Chicot County10.48 / 1k
- 6.Prairie County10.26 / 1k
- 7.Woodruff County9.52 / 1k
- 8.Crittenden County7.75 / 1k
- 9.Jackson County6.54 / 1k
- 10.Montgomery County5.85 / 1k
Lowest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units, restricted to counties of at least 25,000 residents.
- 1.Hot Spring County0.17 / 1k
- 2.Johnson County0.20 / 1k
- 3.Carroll County0.35 / 1k
- 4.Lonoke County0.58 / 1k
- 5.Union County0.60 / 1k
- 6.Baxter County0.68 / 1k
- 7.Pope County0.72 / 1k
- 8.Saline County0.72 / 1k
- 9.Boone County0.79 / 1k
- 10.Crawford County0.92 / 1k
Counties by historical claims
Sorted by total claims, highest first. Historical totals do not capture uninsured properties or future climate shifts.
- Pulaski County282 claims · moderate
- Washington County170 claims · moderate
- Crittenden County144 claims · moderate
- Benton County135 claims · moderate
- Jefferson County134 claims · moderate
- Faulkner County130 claims · moderate
- Sebastian County127 claims · moderate
- Randolph County101 claims · high
- Craighead County67 claims · moderate
- Clay County64 claims · high
- Monroe County57 claims · high
- Desha County57 claims · high
- Garland County47 claims · moderate
- Chicot County42 claims · high
- Jackson County40 claims · moderate
- Independence County35 claims · moderate
- Saline County35 claims · low
- Prairie County34 claims · high
- White County30 claims · moderate
- Arkansas County28 claims · moderate
- Woodruff County25 claims · moderate
- Phillips County23 claims · moderate
- Fulton County21 claims · moderate
- Montgomery County21 claims · moderate
- Sharp County21 claims · moderate
- Miller County21 claims · moderate
- Crawford County21 claims · low
- Greene County21 claims · moderate
- Poinsett County20 claims · moderate
- Lawrence County18 claims · moderate
- Pope County17 claims · low
- Mississippi County16 claims · moderate
- Lonoke County16 claims · low
- Lee County15 claims · moderate
- Ashley County13 claims · moderate
- Izard County13 claims · moderate
- Baxter County13 claims · low
- Cross County12 claims · moderate
- Ouachita County12 claims · moderate
- Boone County12 claims · low
- Polk County11 claims · moderate
- Cleburne County11 claims · moderate
- St. Francis County10 claims · moderate
- Union County9 claims · low
- Perry County9 claims · moderate
- Drew County8 claims · moderate
- Conway County7 claims · low
- Hempstead County7 claims · low
- Lincoln County7 claims · moderate
- Clark County6 claims · low
- Sevier County6 claims · moderate
- Franklin County6 claims · low
- Bradley County5 claims · moderate
- Carroll County4 claims · low
- Grant County4 claims · low
- Howard County3 claims · low
- Madison County3 claims · low
- Van Buren County3 claims · low
- Johnson County2 claims · low
- Pike County2 claims · low
- Yell County2 claims · low
- Scott County2 claims · low
- Hot Spring County2 claims · low
- Marion County2 claims · low
- Calhoun County2 claims · moderate
- Stone County1 claims · low
- Lafayette County1 claims · low
- Newton County1 claims · low
- Nevada County1 claims · low
- Little River County0 claims · low
- Columbia County0 claims · low
- Logan County0 claims · low
- Cleveland County0 claims · low
- Dallas County0 claims · low
- County0 claims · low
How to read this
Historical claims show where NFIP-insured properties have actually filed. They under-count uninsured properties and don't forecast future risk from climate, upstream development, or new mitigation projects. For parcel-specific flood-zone designations, use FEMA's Map Service Center.
Data sources
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