Natural hazards · Gordon

Gordon, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gordon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gordon?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gordon to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding51%Hurricanes19%Tornadoes12%Drought8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Gordon faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 34 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Gordon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Houston County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Gordon

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GordonDeclared for Houston County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

$132K to the Town of Gordon for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes & Straight-Line

12 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $3K to the Town of Gordon for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

5 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

Houston County has had 24 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. Gordon 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 Gordon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Gordon. 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.