Natural hazards · Orrville

Orrville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orrville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orrville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes11%Drought7%Hurricanes7%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Orrville faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 27 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Orrville flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979

$14Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dallas County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Orrville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrrvilleDeclared for Dallas County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

123 households applied for aid $216K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

172 households applied for aid $258K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

77 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Dennis

$1K to the Town of Orrville for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

476 households applied for aid $544K aid approved

Dallas County has had 23 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. Orrville 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 Orrville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Orrville. 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.