Natural hazards · Eutaw

Eutaw, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eutaw comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1983. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eutaw?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eutaw to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding32%Heat waves27%Tornadoes15%Earthquakes7%Strong wind6%Lightning6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Eutaw faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 36 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

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

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesDrought

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 Eutaw flood?

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

10paid claims since 1983

$60Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19832026

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. Eutaw isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Greene County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

16storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Eutaw

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EutawDeclared for Greene County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

172 households applied for aid $256K aid approved $393K to the City of Eutaw for repairs

2019

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

$107K to the City of Eutaw for repairs

2011

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

291 households applied for aid $392K aid approved $12K to the City of Eutaw for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

682 households applied for aid $441K aid approved $87K to the City of Eutaw for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

634 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved $27K to the City of Eutaw for repairs

Greene County has had 19 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. Eutaw 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 Eutaw’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eutaw. 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.