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Fyffe, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fyffe 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 Fyffe?

51
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fyffe to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes17%Cold waves16%Drought9%Earthquakes8%Strong wind5%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Fyffe faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage
Recorded about 29 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% 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 wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Fyffe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Fyffe 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

29storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Fyffe

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FyffeDeclared for DeKalb County only
2014

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

1 household applied for aid
2011

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

313 households applied for aid $629K aid approved $17K to the Town of Fyffe for repairs
2010

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

6 households applied for aid $250 aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $970 aid approved $2K to the Town of Fyffe 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. Fyffe 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 Fyffe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Fyffe. 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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