Is Fort Smith safe? United States travel risk
Is Fort Smith safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Fort Smith scores 40/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Fort Smith scores 40/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Fort Smith: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (66/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 40 is higher than 41% of the cities we score.
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Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 35.3495° N, 94.3695° W in Arkansas, Fort Smith features an altitude of 134 m. The settlement is located 1,585.7 km ENE from Washington.
Arkansas
35.3495° N, 94.3695° W
134 m
America/Chicago
128,384
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United States
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Fort Smith happened in November (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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