Natural hazards · Citronelle

Citronelle, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Citronelle comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1985. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Citronelle?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Citronelle to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes65%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Citronelle faces

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

Hurricanes

65% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 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 Citronelle flood?

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

1paid claims since 1985

$292paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mobile County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Citronelle

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CitronelleDeclared for Mobile County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid $300 aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

521 households applied for aid $787K aid approved $1.3M to the City of Citronelle for repairs

2020

Hurricane Sally

367 households applied for aid $565K aid approved

2014

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

131 households applied for aid $157K aid approved

2011

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

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1,520 households applied for aid $1.5M aid approved $50K to the City of Citronelle for repairs

2005

Hurricane Dennis

106 households applied for aid $33K aid approved $14K to the City of Citronelle for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

831 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved $49K to the City of Citronelle for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

253 households applied for aid $797K aid approved

Mobile County has had 32 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. Citronelle 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 Citronelle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Citronelle. 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.

Citronelle, AL natural hazards

How exposed is Citronelle?

What Citronelle faces

Hurricanes

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Citronelle flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

Hurricane Zeta

Hurricane Sally

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

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

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Dennis

Hurricane Ivan

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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