Natural hazards · Goldville

Goldville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goldville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Goldville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goldville to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes12%Heat waves9%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Goldville faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Goldville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tallapoosa County.

Disasters that hit Goldville

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Tallapoosa County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Goldville itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into GoldvilleDeclared for Tallapoosa County only

Tallapoosa County has had 17 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. Goldville 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 Goldville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Goldville. 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.