Natural hazards · Grant

Grant, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grant comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Grant?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grant to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes27%Cold waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Grant faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 33 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Grant flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marshall County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Grant

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrantDeclared for Marshall County only

2011

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

132 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

5 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

Marshall County has had 27 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. Grant 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 Grant’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Grant. 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.