Natural hazards · Hollins

Hollins, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hollins comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hollins?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes23%Cold waves10%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Hollins faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years 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 Hollins flood?

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

Disasters that hit Hollins

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HollinsDeclared for Clay County only

2004

Hurricane Ivan

2 households applied for aid

Clay County has had 21 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. Hollins 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 Hollins’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hollins. 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.