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Good Hope, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Good Hope comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Good Hope?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Good Hope to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves18%Tornadoes16%Earthquakes8%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Good Hope faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 31 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Good Hope flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cullman County.

Disasters that hit Good Hope

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Good HopeDeclared for Cullman County only

2018

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$3K to the City of Good Hope for repairs

Cullman County has had 29 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. Good Hope 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 Good Hope’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Good Hope. 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.

Good Hope, AL natural hazards

How exposed is Good Hope?

What Good Hope faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Earthquakes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Good Hope flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

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