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 402 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	402	378	19
2	Pulaski County	275	32	237
3	White County	200	107	87
4	Clark County	145	72	65
5	Ouachita County	145	105	32
6	Sebastian County	142	36	106
7	Benton County	142	14	128
8	Washington County	141	11	130
9	Saline County	138	53	80
10	Crawford County	138	59	79
11	Yell County	132	85	47
12	Perry County	122	85	31
13	Lawrence County	121	74	45
14	Monroe County	110	86	20
15	Faulkner County	108	20	84
16	Randolph County	100	68	31
17	Chicot County	99	13	81
18	Prairie County	98	58	35
19	Independence County	97	32	60
20	Jackson County	96	43	48
21	Craighead County	93	10	82
22	Sharp County	93	26	62
23	Lonoke County	92	15	71
24	Calhoun County	90	51	33
25	Franklin County	85	15	69
26	Jefferson County	83	17	61
27	Garland County	82	7	70
28	Arkansas County	74	18	48
29	Ashley County	71	9	57
30	Hempstead County	71	2	67
31	Hot Spring County	69	9	54
32	Union County	69	5	62
33	Conway County	67	29	33
34	Polk County	66	2	64
35	Scott County	66	1	65
36	Montgomery County	65	4	61
37	Drew County	63	6	50
38	Madison County	60	0	60
39	Lafayette County	57	3	52
40	Johnson County	56	3	53
41	Desha County	55	12	37
42	Miller County	53	4	47
43	Pope County	51	14	37
44	Columbia County	50	2	46
45	Grant County	50	7	37
46	Greene County	48	7	40
47	Stone County	47	8	35
48	Cleveland County	46	10	29
49	Nevada County	46	1	43
50	Marion County	46	4	38
51	Carroll County	45	7	38
52	Lincoln County	45	5	34
53	Pike County	45	3	37
54	Bradley County	45	12	27
55	Fulton County	44	7	33
56	Howard County	44	3	40
57	Izard County	43	15	24
58	Baxter County	42	6	32
59	Boone County	42	2	40
60	Cleburne County	42	5	33
61	Van Buren County	42	6	36
62	Poinsett County	40	4	35
63	Searcy County	40	15	25
64	Mississippi County	40	13	26
65	Newton County	39	5	34
66	Dallas County	39	5	28
67	Clay County	38	10	27
68	Sevier County	36	4	31
69	Logan County	35	3	32
70	Little River County	34	3	30
71	Crittenden County	32	8	24
72	St. Francis County	21	5	16
73	Phillips County	19	6	12
74	Lee County	16	7	9
75	Cross County	15	4	11

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

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