Natural hazards · Brent

Brent, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brent comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2009. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brent?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brent to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes26%Earthquakes6%Cold waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Brent faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 41 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Brent flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Brent, from FEMA’s records.

3paid claims since 2009

$4Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20092026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Francine: 1 claim, $86
Hurricane Isaac: 1 claim, $2K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bibb County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

31storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Brent

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrentDeclared for Bibb County only

2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

58 households applied for aid $109K aid approved $14K to the City of Brent for repairs

2011

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

120 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $18K to the City of Brent for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$3K to the City of Brent for repairs

2005

Hurricane Dennis

$6K to the City of Brent for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

167 households applied for aid $121K aid approved $15K to the City of Brent for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Bibb County has had 17 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. Brent 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 Brent’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brent. 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.