Natural hazards · Hackleburg

Hackleburg, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hackleburg comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Hackleburg?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hackleburg to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes30%Inland flooding28%Cold waves14%Lightning12%Earthquakes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Hackleburg faces

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

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lightning

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Hackleburg flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

30storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Hackleburg

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HackleburgDeclared for Marion County only

2011

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

497 households applied for aid $2.1M aid approved $651K to the Town of Hackleburg for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

6 households applied for aid $16 aid approved $2K to the Town of Hackleburg for repairs

1998

Riv-Severe Winter Wx 12/23/98

$4K to the Town of Hackleburg for repairs

Marion County has had 23 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. Hackleburg 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 Hackleburg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hackleburg. 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.