Natural hazards · Crossville

Crossville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crossville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Crossville?

52
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes19%Cold waves15%Earthquakes11%Strong wind6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Crossville faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 64 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 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 Crossville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Crossville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: DeKalb County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

31storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Crossville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CrossvilleDeclared for DeKalb County only
2014

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

17 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2011

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

136 households applied for aid $71K aid approved
2010

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

51 households applied for aid $79K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

3 households applied for aid $8K to the Town of Crossville for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $343 aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Storms

$8K to the Town of Crossville for repairs
DeKalb County has had 32 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. Crossville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Crossville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Crossville. 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 Crossville total about $924K 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.

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