Most Flood-Prone Counties in Arkansas

Based on NOAA Storm Events Database records from 1996 to 2025, these are the Arkansas counties with the most recorded flood events. Woodruff County tops the list with 397 events. The data includes river floods, flash floods, coastal flooding, and hurricane-related flooding.

Rank	County	Total Events	River Floods	Flash Floods
1	Woodruff County	397	378	19
2	Pulaski County	269	32	237
3	White County	194	107	87
4	Benton County	142	14	128
5	Washington County	141	11	130
6	Clark County	137	72	65
7	Ouachita County	137	105	32
8	Saline County	133	53	80
9	Yell County	132	85	47
10	Sebastian County	125	19	106
11	Lawrence County	116	71	45
12	Perry County	116	85	31
13	Crawford County	110	31	79
14	Monroe County	106	86	20
15	Faulkner County	104	20	84
16	Randolph County	96	65	31
17	Prairie County	93	58	35
18	Chicot County	93	12	81
19	Independence County	92	32	60
20	Jackson County	91	43	48
21	Craighead County	90	8	82
22	Sharp County	88	26	62
23	Lonoke County	86	15	71
24	Calhoun County	84	51	33
25	Franklin County	84	15	69
26	Jefferson County	78	17	61
27	Garland County	77	7	70
28	Hempstead County	69	2	67
29	Union County	67	5	62
30	Ashley County	66	9	57
31	Polk County	66	2	64
32	Scott County	66	1	65
33	Arkansas County	66	18	48
34	Montgomery County	65	4	61
35	Hot Spring County	63	9	54
36	Conway County	62	29	33
37	Madison County	60	0	60
38	Drew County	56	6	50
39	Johnson County	56	3	53
40	Lafayette County	55	3	52
41	Miller County	51	4	47
42	Pope County	51	14	37
43	Desha County	49	12	37
44	Columbia County	48	2	46
45	Carroll County	45	7	38
46	Greene County	45	5	40
47	Grant County	44	7	37
48	Nevada County	44	1	43
49	Stone County	43	8	35
50	Howard County	43	3	40
51	Boone County	42	2	40
52	Marion County	42	4	38
53	Van Buren County	42	6	36
54	Fulton County	40	7	33
55	Pike County	40	3	37
56	Searcy County	40	15	25
57	Cleveland County	39	10	29
58	Izard County	39	15	24
59	Lincoln County	39	5	34
60	Newton County	39	5	34
61	Bradley County	39	12	27
62	Baxter County	38	6	32
63	Cleburne County	38	5	33
64	Poinsett County	37	2	35
65	Mississippi County	36	10	26
66	Sevier County	35	4	31
67	Logan County	35	3	32
68	Clay County	34	7	27
69	Little River County	33	3	30
70	Dallas County	33	5	28
71	Crittenden County	30	6	24
72	St. Francis County	19	3	16
73	Phillips County	17	5	12
74	Lee County	16	7	9
75	Cross County	14	3	11

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025).

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