Natural hazards · Bridgeport

Bridgeport, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Bridgeport?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridgeport to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes24%Cold waves11%Earthquakes8%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Bridgeport faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Bridgeport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Bridgeport

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgeportDeclared for Jackson County only

2011

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

114 households applied for aid $408K aid approved $41K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs

2009

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

$23K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

$10K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $74K aid approved $28K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs

Jackson County has had 26 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. Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bridgeport. 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.