Strong Wind Risk in Arkansas

All Arkansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index strong wind score

Strong Wind risk — damaging straight-line winds outside of tornadoes and hurricanes — is rated for 75 of 75 Arkansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Garland County carries the state's highest strong wind score at 96.8, with $3M in expected annual strong wind losses.

10 Arkansas counties are rated High or Very High for strong wind, and expected annual losses from strong wind total roughly $55M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Strong Wind

#CountyStrong Wind ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Garland County
96.8
High 3.81 / yr $3M
2 Pulaski County
96.5
High 3.27 / yr $3M
3 Jefferson County
95.8
High 2.80 / yr $2M
4 Benton County
93.3
High 6.28 / yr $3M
5 Baxter County
93.1
High 3.41 / yr $2M
6 Faulkner County
92.2
High 3.34 / yr $3M
7 White County
90.4
High 2.81 / yr $2M
8 Miller County
89.5
High 5.35 / yr $1M
9 St. Francis County
88.7
High 1.69 / yr $1M
10 Lonoke County
86.6
High 3.01 / yr $2M
11 Arkansas County
82.4
Medium 2.37 / yr $1M
12 Ouachita County
82.0
Medium 3.73 / yr $890K
13 Hot Spring County
81.6
Medium 3.33 / yr $1M
14 Pope County
81.1
Medium 3.50 / yr $1M
15 Sharp County
79.8
Medium 2.28 / yr $760K
16 Columbia County
79.5
Medium 4.92 / yr $843K
17 Union County
78.8
Medium 3.95 / yr $882K
18 Izard County
77.7
Medium 2.46 / yr $696K
19 Carroll County
75.5
Medium 5.47 / yr $766K
20 Craighead County
75.0
Medium 1.93 / yr $912K
21 Washington County
72.7
Medium 5.89 / yr $1M
22 Lawrence County
71.1
Medium 2.07 / yr $712K
23 Phillips County
70.8
Medium 1.64 / yr $602K
24 Boone County
70.6
Medium 4.55 / yr $934K
25 Cross County
70.4
Medium 1.81 / yr $792K
26 Hempstead County
68.9
Medium 4.10 / yr $646K
27 Conway County
67.6
Medium 3.45 / yr $639K
28 Chicot County
67.3
Medium 2.63 / yr $576K
29 Drew County
67.2
Medium 2.44 / yr $571K
30 Saline County
67.0
Medium 3.57 / yr $957K
31 Clark County
64.3
Medium 3.46 / yr $651K
32 Yell County
63.3
Medium 4.11 / yr $581K
33 Cleburne County
63.0
Medium 2.95 / yr $583K
34 Greene County
61.5
Medium 2.01 / yr $610K
35 Johnson County
60.5
Medium 4.16 / yr $530K
36 Van Buren County
59.4
Medium 3.15 / yr $436K
37 Marion County
59.4
Medium 3.81 / yr $463K
38 Pike County
58.4
Medium 3.47 / yr $525K
39 Polk County
57.9
Medium 3.85 / yr $462K
40 Sevier County
57.3
Medium 3.75 / yr $381K
41 Logan County
56.5
Medium 4.16 / yr $527K
42 Sebastian County
56.0
Medium 4.37 / yr $598K
43 Jackson County
54.9
Medium 2.18 / yr $405K
44 Fulton County
52.3
Medium 2.66 / yr $335K
45 Howard County
52.1
Medium 3.69 / yr $372K
46 Clay County
51.7
Low 2.10 / yr $396K
47 Bradley County
50.4
Low 2.86 / yr $320K
48 Ashley County
50.0
Low 2.91 / yr $363K
49 Independence County
49.5
Low 2.38 / yr $471K
50 Grant County
47.5
Low 3.12 / yr $505K
51 Nevada County
46.8
Low 4.02 / yr $288K
52 Lafayette County
46.3
Low 5.37 / yr $320K
53 Montgomery County
45.9
Low 3.94 / yr $275K
54 Madison County
45.3
Low 5.18 / yr $392K
55 Little River County
45.1
Low 4.18 / yr $316K
56 Lincoln County
43.7
Low 2.38 / yr $322K
57 Stone County
43.2
Low 2.81 / yr $286K
58 Crawford County
41.7
Low 5.19 / yr $428K
59 Mississippi County
41.3
Low 1.74 / yr $282K
60 Desha County
41.2
Low 1.99 / yr $265K
61 Crittenden County
41.1
Low 1.44 / yr $334K
62 Perry County
39.7
Low 3.73 / yr $329K
63 Lee County
39.5
Low 1.58 / yr $235K
64 Poinsett County
38.7
Low 1.79 / yr $313K
65 Dallas County
37.1
Low 3.11 / yr $251K
66 Newton County
36.6
Low 4.14 / yr $217K
67 Prairie County
36.1
Low 2.49 / yr $249K
68 Cleveland County
35.6
Low 2.63 / yr $222K
69 Monroe County
35.3
Low 2.15 / yr $232K
70 Searcy County
33.4
Low 3.35 / yr $229K
71 Randolph County
33.2
Low 2.28 / yr $258K
72 Scott County
31.6
Low 4.24 / yr $273K
73 Franklin County
30.5
Low 4.64 / yr $180K
74 Woodruff County
30.3
Low 2.33 / yr $188K
75 Calhoun County
18.7
Low 3.37 / yr $211K

75 Arkansas counties with measurable strong wind risk. See the national strong wind ranking or all Arkansas counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Arkansas county has the highest strong wind risk?

Garland County has the highest FEMA strong wind risk score in Arkansas at 96.8 (High), with $3M in expected annual losses and about 3.81 events per year.

How many Arkansas counties face significant strong wind risk?

75 Arkansas counties record measurable strong wind risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 10 of them are rated High or Very High.

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