Natural hazards · Greenville

Greenville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes34%Inland flooding29%Tornadoes15%Strong wind7%Lightning5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Greenville faces

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

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

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 Greenville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Butler County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

30storm safe rooms built

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Greenville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenvilleDeclared for Butler County only

2020

Severe Storms and Flooding

$69K to the City of Greenville for repairs

2014

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

$6K to the City of Greenville for repairs

2011

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

$49K to the City of Greenville for repairs

2005

Hurricane Dennis

$37K to the City of Greenville for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

1,406 households applied for aid $1.9M aid approved $154K to the City of Greenville for repairs

2001

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$9K to the City of Greenville for repairs

Butler County has had 25 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. Greenville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greenville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Greenville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Greenville total about $853K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

Greenville, AL natural hazards

How exposed is Greenville?

What Greenville faces

Hurricanes

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lightning

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Greenville flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

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

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

Hurricane Dennis

Hurricane Ivan

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

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