Natural hazards · Castleberry

Castleberry, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Castleberry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Castleberry?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Castleberry to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding33%Hurricanes32%Tornadoes18%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Castleberry faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 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 Castleberry flood?

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

1paid claims since 1979

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Frederic: 1 claim, $7K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Conecuh County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Castleberry

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CastleberryDeclared for Conecuh County only

2020

Hurricane Sally

4 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $4K to the Town of Castleberry for repairs

2005

Hurricane Dennis

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $1K to the Town of Castleberry for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

661 households applied for aid $926K aid approved $143K to the Town of Castleberry for repairs

Conecuh County has had 24 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. Castleberry 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 Castleberry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Castleberry. 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.