Floods in Arkansas

Property owners in Arkansas have filed 10,065 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $218 million paid.

  • 10,065flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $218Mpaid on those claims
  • 2011most claims in one year, 1,146
  • 30thamong the states for claims
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  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Arkansas per year 1978: 286 1979: 161 1980: 98 1981: 135 1982: 325 1983: 162 1984: 335 1985: 59 1986: 72 1987: 365 1988: 138 1989: 138 1990: 349 1991: 232 1992: 21 1993: 41 1994: 82 1995: 27 1996: 46 1997: 198 1998: 118 1999: 41 2000: 38 2001: 210 2002: 118 2003: 152 2004: 165 2005: 26 2006: 78 2007: 63 2008: 692 2009: 684 2010: 202 2011: 1,146 1,146 2012: 49 2013: 151 2014: 159 2015: 367 2016: 265 2017: 633 2018: 125 2019: 494 2020: 69 2021: 153 2022: 150 2023: 85 2024: 81 2025: 269 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Jun 9, 2010Flash FloodClark, Montgomery, Pike20$9.1 million
May 30, 2013Flash FloodBaxter, Cleburne, Drew6$14.0 million
Apr 25, 2011Flash FloodBenton, Crawford, Franklin5$350,000
Apr 28, 2017Flash FloodBenton, Carroll, Crawford5$83,000
May 1, 2011FloodClay, Craighead, Crittenden4$6.6 million
May 23, 2011Flash FloodBenton, Carroll, Crawford4$51,000
May 24, 2009Flash FloodCraighead, Greene3$85,000
Oct 11, 2001Flash FloodColumbia0$120 million

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

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).