Natural hazards · Hollywood

Hollywood, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hollywood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2001. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hollywood?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hollywood to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes23%Earthquakes11%Cold waves10%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hollywood faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 65 years in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Hollywood flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Hollywood, from FEMA’s records.

4paid claims since 2001

$54Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20012026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Hollywood

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HollywoodDeclared for Jackson County only

2011

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

61 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2009

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

$15K to the Town of Hollywood for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Jackson County has had 26 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. Hollywood 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 Hollywood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hollywood. 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.