Natural hazards · Centreville

Centreville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Centreville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Centreville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes23%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Centreville faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Centreville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Centreville 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

85storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Centreville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CentrevilleDeclared for Bibb County only

2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

47 households applied for aid $153K aid approved $86K to the City of Centreville for repairs

2011

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

127 households applied for aid $159K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$7K to the City of Centreville for repairs

2005

Hurricane Dennis

$2K to the City of Centreville for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

82 households applied for aid $71K aid approved $4K to the City of Centreville for repairs

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. Centreville 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 Centreville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Centreville. 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.