Natural hazards · Brantley

Brantley, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brantley comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is 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 Brantley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brantley to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes34%Inland flooding32%Tornadoes18%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Brantley faces

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

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Brantley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crenshaw County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Brantley

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrantleyDeclared for Crenshaw County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the Town of Brantley for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes & Straight-Line

$2K to the Town of Brantley for repairs

2005

Hurricane Dennis

$3K to the Town of Brantley for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

96 households applied for aid $57K aid approved $21K to the Town of Brantley for repairs

Crenshaw County has had 26 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. Brantley 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 Brantley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brantley. 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.