Natural hazards · Boligee

Boligee, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boligee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boligee?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boligee to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding44%Heat waves22%Tornadoes13%Strong wind6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Boligee faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Boligee flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Boligee

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoligeeDeclared for Greene County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

64 households applied for aid $148K aid approved

2011

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

225 households applied for aid $366K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

504 households applied for aid $366K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

469 households applied for aid $983K aid approved

Greene County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

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. Boligee 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 Boligee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Boligee. 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.