Natural hazards · Haleyville

Haleyville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Haleyville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Haleyville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Haleyville to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding33%Tornadoes20%Earthquakes19%Cold waves12%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Haleyville faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 32 years in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% 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 Haleyville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Winston County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

41storm safe rooms built

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Haleyville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HaleyvilleDeclared for Winston County only

2011

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

212 households applied for aid $346K aid approved $151K to the City of Haleyville for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$27K to the City of Haleyville for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

34 households applied for aid $53K aid approved $10K to the City of Haleyville for repairs

2001

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$198K to the City of Haleyville for repairs

1998

Riv-Severe Winter Wx 12/23/98

$39K to the City of Haleyville for repairs

Winston County has had 22 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. Haleyville 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 Haleyville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Haleyville. 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.