Lonoke County, AR Environment & Hazard Risk

• Ice stormVery High$2.08M/yr expected annual loss, about 1.1 events a year
• EarthquakeRelatively Moderate$9.93M/yr expected annual loss, about once every 182 years
• Strong windRelatively High$2.05M/yr expected annual loss, about 3.0 events a year
• TornadoRelatively Moderate$6.74M/yr expected annual loss, about once every 2 years
• Heat waveRelatively Moderate$2.43M/yr expected annual loss, about 18 events a year
• HailRelatively Low$717K/yr expected annual loss, about 4.7 events a year
• LightningRelatively Moderate$537K/yr expected annual loss, about 59 events a year
• Winter weatherRelatively Moderate$132K/yr expected annual loss, about 5.0 events a year
• HurricaneVery Low$116K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 44 years
• WildfireVery Low$63.44K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 1,567 years
• Cold waveRelatively Low$932K/yr expected annual loss, about 1.0 events a year
• LandslideVery Low$805/yr expected annual loss, about once every 4 years
• DroughtRelatively Low$78.77K/yr expected annual loss, about 11 events a year

Bars show the national percentile score (0 to 100) for each hazard. Dollar figures are expected annual losses to buildings, people and crops. Not rated here: avalanche, coastal flooding, riverine flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity.

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Homes with flood insurance

180 of 27,577 (0.7%)

Homes in high-risk flood zones

1,598

Insured in high-risk zones

130 (8%)

Flood claims since 1978

89

Claims paid since 1978

$1.33M

• Thunderstorm Wind282 · 2 deaths
• Hail215
• Flash Flood71
• Tornado57
• Winter Weather29
• Winter Storm23
• Drought19
• Flood15 · 1 death
• Funnel Cloud14
• Heavy Rain10

• Thunderstorm Wind56 kt wind06/26/2023

  Carlisle, Lonoke County

  2 deaths, 1 injured

  What happened

  A large tree fell on a house causing 2 fatalities and 1 injury in Carlisle.

• TornadoEF2, 6.98 mi path, 200 yd wide04/15/2011

  Pettus, Lonoke County

  $20.05M damage

  What happened

  A tornado destroyed 51 large steel power transmission towers. These towers carried 500 kilovolt transmission lines. For the most part, the towers fell into open farm fields, but one fell into a pond on a fish farm. The power cables that fell with the towers blocked a number of roads, including Arkansas Highway 31. Power poles, power lines, and trees were blown down as well.

• Flood05/01/2011

  Austin, Lonoke County

  1 death, $9M damage

  What happened

  Widespread areal flooding continued from April into May. Parts of Arkansas Highways 13, 236, and 381 as well as U.S. Highway 70 were closed due to flooding. On the morning of the 1st, two sections of U.S. Highway 67/167 Southbound were closed due to flooding, and one section of the highway was closed Northbound. On the 2nd, Arkansas Highway 89 was closed due to high water, and fast-flowing water more than a foot deep was over Kerr Station Rd. On the 3rd, a 55 year-old man drowned when he drove around barricades into flood waters several feet deep on Arkansas Highway 236 northeast of Furlow. His body was not recovered until the 6th.

• Hail2.75" hail06/30/2009

  Kerr, Lonoke County

  $12M damage

  What happened

  The devastating hailstorm moved eastward out of Pulaski County, and continued east across all of Lonoke County. The hail swath about 10 miles wide. The hail ranged in size from the size of nickels (0.88 inch) to the size of baseballs (2.75 inches). Communities affected included South Bend, Parnell, Furlow, Fairview, Brownsville, Lonoke, and Carlisle. ||The largest hail fell a few miles north and northeast of Lonoke, where much of the hail was golf ball size (1.75 inches) to baseball size (2.75 inches). The hailstones ruined roofs, damaged siding on houses, broke windows in houses, broke car windshields, killed birds perched in trees, and destroyed gardens and crops. The worst damage was found in the vicinity of these roads: Plafcan Rd., Fred Koch Rd., Watson Lane, E. Watson Rd., Ferguson Ln., Wesley Kittler Rd., Kittler Rd., E. Schafer Rd., Raymond Schafer Rd., Brownsville Loop, Arkansas Highway 13, Lawson Rd., Lilly Rd., Oakdale Rd., Northcutt Rd., D.K. Bennett Rd., Bud Young Rd., and Arkansas Highway 31.||The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service indicated that between 22 and 27 farmers lost 60% to 100% of their crops. Altogether, about 26,000 acres of crops...

• Strong Wind48 kt wind01/29/2008

  Lonoke

  1 death, $250K damage

  What happened

  Strong winds blew a very large oak tree down onto a house. A 32 year old woman was killed in her bed as the tree crashed into the house. Electrical lines were reported down, trees were uprooted and structures were damaged across the county.

• Ice Storm02/04/2014

  Lonoke

  1 death, $200K damage

  What happened

  Arctic air was over Arkansas on the 4th, and an area of low pressure aloft moved in from the southwest. As a result, widespread precipitation developed. Freezing rain and sleet began moving into western Arkansas before dawn on the 4th. A swath of counties from west central Arkansas through the central part of the state into northeast Arkansas experience an ice storm, with accruals of 1/4 to 1/2 inch common. Trees, power lines, and power poles were brought down by the ice. About 45,000 electric customers lost power. In a few instances, it took three and a half days to restore power. Several counties opened warming shelters for those who had no electricity. The extreme northern counties had snow and sleet with some freezing rain mixed in; snow and sleet accumulations totaled 1 to 2 inches. The extreme southern part of the state had only a cold rain.||There were two indirect fatalities and one indirect injury. At 6:57 AM, a 36-year-old man driving on Interstate 40 near Lonoke in Lonoke County lost control on an icy bridge, left the highway, and ran into some trees. At 3:15 PM, a 4-year-old girl was seriously injured when the car in which she was riding slid off U.S. 62 about 7...

• Thunderstorm Wind52 kt wind07/06/2026

  England, Lonoke County

• Thunderstorm Wind52 kt wind07/06/2026

  Scott, Lonoke County

• Thunderstorm Wind52 kt wind06/12/2026

  Lonoke, Lonoke County

• Tornado3.12 mi path, 50 yd wide06/12/2026

  Mccreanor, Lonoke County

• Hail0.75" hail03/15/2026

  Woodlawn, Lonoke County

• Winter Storm01/24/2026

  Lonoke

• Thunderstorm Wind56 kt wind06/28/2025

  Sisemore, Lonoke County

• Thunderstorm Wind52 kt wind05/01/2025

  Cabot, Lonoke County

• Unnamed storm (1941)09/17/1941 · Landfall: TX · 985 mbTropical storm40 mph nearby
• Unnamed storm (1879)08/19/1879 · Landfall: TX · 964 mbTropical storm46 mph nearby

• Cabot WaterworksServes 27,578 · Purchased surface water · FederalNo health violations
• Grand Prairie Regional WaterServes 16,330 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations
• Grand Prairie Bayou 2 PwaServes 13,138 · Purchased surface water · Local governmentNo health violations+1 monitoring or reporting
• Ward WaterworksServes 12,579 · Purchased surface water · Local government3 health violations+1 monitoring or reporting
• Lonoke WaterworksServes 4,277 · Groundwater · Local government5 health violations
• Des Arc WaterworksServes 4,245 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations+1 monitoring or reporting
• Austin WaterworksServes 3,600 · Purchased surface water · Local governmentNo health violations+3 monitoring or reporting
• Furlow Public Water AuthorityServes 3,138 · Purchased surface water · Local governmentNo health violations