Natural hazards · Beaverton

Beaverton, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beaverton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Beaverton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beaverton to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes18%Earthquakes12%Lightning11%Cold waves11%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Beaverton faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Lightning

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Beaverton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lamar County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Beaverton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeavertonDeclared for Lamar County only

2011

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

2 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$2K to the Town of Beaverton for repairs

Lamar County has had 23 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. Beaverton 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 Beaverton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Beaverton. 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.