Natural hazards · Abbeville

Abbeville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Abbeville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations
Expected damage

How exposed is Abbeville?

33
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Abbeville to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes25%Hurricanes23%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Abbeville faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 33 years in the area

Hurricanes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity
Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Abbeville flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Abbeville.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Abbeville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Henry County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Abbeville

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Abbeville itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Abbeville.

Brought FEMA money into AbbevilleDeclared for Henry County only
2018

Hurricane Michael

$64K to the City of Abbeville for repairs
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$70K to the City of Abbeville for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$22K to the City of Abbeville for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes & Straight-Line

1 household applied for aid $207K to the City of Abbeville for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

74 households applied for aid $172K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Dennis

$9K to the City of Abbeville for repairs
2004

Hurricane Ivan

40 households applied for aid $79K aid approved
2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

134 households applied for aid $330K aid approved $91K to the City of Abbeville for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$6K to the City of Abbeville for repairs
Henry County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.
Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Abbeville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Abbeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Abbeville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Abbeville total about $1.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

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