Natural hazards · Axis

Axis, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Axis comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Axis?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Axis to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes57%Inland flooding32%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Axis faces

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

Hurricanes

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Axis flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mobile County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Axis

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AxisDeclared for Mobile County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $300 aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

41 households applied for aid $50K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Sally

110 households applied for aid $218K aid approved

2014

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

26 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

268 households applied for aid $234K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Dennis

29 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

185 households applied for aid $311K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

54 households applied for aid $125K aid approved

Mobile County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Axis

Axis and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Saralandmostly inland floodingVery high

Axismostly hurricanesVery high

Creolamostly hurricanesVery high

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. Axis is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Axis’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Axis. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.