Natural hazards · Clanton

Clanton, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clanton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1990. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clanton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clanton to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes30%Earthquakes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Clanton faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 71 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Clanton flood?

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

3paid claims since 1990

$22Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chilton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

16storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Clanton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClantonDeclared for Chilton County only

2020

Hurricane Zeta

$104K to the City of Clanton for repairs

2012

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

92 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

2011

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

64 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

125 households applied for aid $90K aid approved $55K to the City of Clanton for repairs

Chilton County has had 21 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. Clanton covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clanton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Clanton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Clanton total about $3.6M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.