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Natural hazards · Dora

Dora, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dora comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2003. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Dora?

78
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dora to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes19%Cold waves8%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Dora faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Dora flood?

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

2paid claims since 2003
$17Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20032026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

18storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Dora

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DoraDeclared for Walker County only
2015

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

$51K to the City of Dora for repairs
2011

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

60 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2010

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

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

47 households applied for aid $49K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $37K to the City of Dora for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

21 households applied for aid $31K aid approved $52K to the City of Dora for repairs
Walker County has had 23 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. Dora 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 Dora’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dora. 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.

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