Natural hazards · Deatsville

Deatsville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Deatsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Deatsville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Deatsville to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding29%Heat waves21%Tornadoes16%Lightning8%Cold waves6%Strong wind6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Deatsville faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 50 years in the area

Lightning

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslides

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 Deatsville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Elmore County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

51storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Deatsville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DeatsvilleDeclared for Elmore County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

115 households applied for aid $424K aid approved

2011

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

12 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2009

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

15 households applied for aid $25K aid approved $40K to the Town of Deatsville for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes & Straight-Line

$2K to the Town of Deatsville for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

70 households applied for aid $125K aid approved $3K to the Town of Deatsville for repairs

Elmore County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Deatsville

Deatsville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Millbrookmostly inland floodingHigh

Elmoremostly inland floodingHigh

Deatsvillemostly inland floodingModerate

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