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Natural hazards · Ider

Ider, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ider comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Ider?

59
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ider to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves14%Tornadoes12%Earthquakes7%Drought5%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Ider 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 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Drought

5% of expected damage
Recorded about 30 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Ider flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Ider isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: DeKalb County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Ider

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into IderDeclared for DeKalb County only
2011

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

148 households applied for aid $198K aid approved $8K to the Town of Ider for repairs
2010

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

1 household applied for aid
2004

Hurricane Ivan

3 households applied for aid
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $700 aid approved
2000

Severe Winter Storms

$4K to the Town of Ider for repairs
DeKalb County has had 32 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. Ider 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 Ider’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ider. 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.

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