Natural hazards · Maplesville

Maplesville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maplesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Maplesville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maplesville to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes26%Earthquakes5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Maplesville faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Maplesville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chilton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Maplesville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MaplesvilleDeclared for Chilton County only

2012

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

75 households applied for aid $53K aid approved

2011

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

22 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Maplesville for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

102 households applied for aid $108K aid approved

Chilton 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. Maplesville 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 Maplesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Maplesville. 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.

Maplesville, AL natural hazards

How exposed is Maplesville?

What Maplesville faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Earthquakes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Maplesville flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

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

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Ivan

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