Natural hazards · Nanafalia

Nanafalia, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nanafalia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nanafalia?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nanafalia to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes19%Hurricanes9%Strong wind9%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Nanafalia faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Nanafalia flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marengo County.

Disasters that hit Nanafalia

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NanafaliaDeclared for Marengo County only

2011

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

4 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

10 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Marengo County has had 17 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. Nanafalia 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 Nanafalia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Nanafalia. 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.