Natural hazards · Boykin

Boykin, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boykin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boykin?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boykin to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes12%Hurricanes7%Cold waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Boykin faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Boykin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wilcox County.

Disasters that hit Boykin

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoykinDeclared for Wilcox County only

2020

Hurricane Zeta

10 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2004

Hurricane Ivan

51 households applied for aid $66K aid approved

Wilcox 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. Boykin 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 Boykin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Boykin. 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.