Natural hazards · Deer Park

Deer Park, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Deer Park comes from hurricanes, 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 Deer Park?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Deer Park to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes33%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes18%Cold waves6%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Deer Park faces

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

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Deer Park flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Deer Park

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Deer Park itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Deer Park.

Brought FEMA money into Deer ParkDeclared for Washington County only

2020

Hurricane Zeta

51 households applied for aid $67K aid approved

2011

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

21 households applied for aid $82K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

128 households applied for aid $189K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

61 households applied for aid $88K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

Washington County has had 22 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. Deer Park 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 Deer Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Deer Park. 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.