Drought Risk in Arkansas

All Arkansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index drought score

Drought risk — extended dry periods that stress water supplies and agriculture — is rated for 60 of 75 Arkansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Mississippi County carries the state's highest drought score at 98.6, with $4M in expected annual drought losses.

4 Arkansas counties are rated High or Very High for drought, and expected annual losses from drought total roughly $27M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Drought

#CountyDrought ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Mississippi County
98.6
High 12.88 / yr $4M
2 Clay County
96.0
High 9.67 / yr $2M
3 Craighead County
92.1
High 8.95 / yr $2M
4 Lincoln County
90.8
High 8.25 / yr $1M
5 Greene County
90.4
Medium 9.70 / yr $1M
6 Poinsett County
89.1
Medium 8.63 / yr $1M
7 Jackson County
88.4
Medium 6.34 / yr $956K
8 Chicot County
88.4
Medium 16.58 / yr $951K
9 Woodruff County
87.4
Medium 8.82 / yr $879K
10 Lafayette County
86.6
Medium 27.02 / yr $869K
11 Lawrence County
85.1
Medium 5.00 / yr $876K
12 Crittenden County
83.8
Medium 7.94 / yr $915K
13 St. Francis County
83.0
Medium 8.02 / yr $625K
14 Cross County
82.8
Medium 8.10 / yr $881K
15 Drew County
82.4
Medium 9.63 / yr $684K
16 Ashley County
80.9
Medium 17.54 / yr $651K
17 Miller County
79.8
Medium 28.50 / yr $641K
18 Little River County
79.4
Medium 25.83 / yr $591K
19 Phillips County
75.1
Medium 8.76 / yr $424K
20 Desha County
70.7
Medium 11.61 / yr $337K
21 White County
69.7
Medium 7.46 / yr $449K
22 Crawford County
69.0
Medium 14.51 / yr $490K
23 Arkansas County
66.5
Medium 8.82 / yr $293K
24 Randolph County
65.2
Medium 7.30 / yr $309K
25 Jefferson County
62.9
Low 8.08 / yr $224K
26 Conway County
61.6
Low 10.11 / yr $221K
27 Lee County
61.3
Low 8.67 / yr $175K
28 Hempstead County
61.2
Low 23.70 / yr $209K
29 Logan County
59.0
Low 14.58 / yr $213K
30 Independence County
58.9
Low 7.00 / yr $227K
31 Franklin County
58.2
Low 15.28 / yr $152K
32 Columbia County
56.3
Low 24.76 / yr $144K
33 Bradley County
54.6
Low 17.06 / yr $117K
34 Perry County
54.5
Low 9.14 / yr $161K
35 Pope County
51.9
Low 9.58 / yr $168K
36 Monroe County
50.5
Low 8.69 / yr $99K
37 Faulkner County
48.1
Low 8.75 / yr $158K
38 Clark County
47.6
Low 18.90 / yr $99K
39 Sevier County
46.7
Low 26.30 / yr $66K
40 Johnson County
46.5
Low 11.68 / yr $82K
41 Benton County
45.7
Low 10.66 / yr $129K
42 Prairie County
44.9
Low 10.98 / yr $69K
43 Yell County
44.1
Low 13.74 / yr $70K
44 Nevada County
41.8
Low 17.15 / yr $45K
45 Lonoke County
40.0
Low 10.68 / yr $79K
46 Pike County
38.6
Low 25.49 / yr $44K
47 Sebastian County
38.4
Low 16.78 / yr $53K
48 Cleburne County
33.7
Low 7.76 / yr $27K
49 Izard County
33.2
Low 12.88 / yr $20K
50 Union County
31.7
Low 24.65 / yr $22K
51 Stone County
31.4
Low 12.41 / yr $19K
52 Sharp County
30.4
Very Low 6.66 / yr $16K
53 Hot Spring County
26.5
Very Low 10.81 / yr $11K
54 Saline County
25.4
Very Low 9.66 / yr $15K
55 Pulaski County
24.2
Very Low 9.78 / yr $9K
56 Dallas County
24.2
Very Low 9.80 / yr $7K
57 Ouachita County
22.7
Very Low 14.12 / yr $5K
58 Calhoun County
20.3
Very Low 19.81 / yr $5K
59 Cleveland County
19.7
Very Low 8.47 / yr $2K
60 Grant County
19.0
Very Low 8.16 / yr $3K

60 Arkansas counties with measurable drought risk. See the national drought ranking or all Arkansas counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Arkansas county has the highest drought risk?

Mississippi County has the highest FEMA drought risk score in Arkansas at 98.6 (High), with $4M in expected annual losses and about 12.88 events per year.

How many Arkansas counties face significant drought risk?

60 Arkansas counties record measurable drought risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 4 of them are rated High or Very High.

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