Natural hazards · Alexandria

Alexandria, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alexandria comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alexandria?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alexandria to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes38%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Alexandria faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

38% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 60 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Alexandria flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Alexandria isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Calhoun County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Alexandria

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlexandriaDeclared for Calhoun County only

2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid

2018

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid

2011

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

53 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $113 aid approved

Calhoun County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Alexandria

Alexandria and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Alexandriamostly inland floodingHigh

Saksmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Alexandria covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Alexandria’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Alexandria. 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 Alexandria total about $1.9M 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.