Natural hazards · Pine Hill

Pine Hill, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pine Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pine Hill?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes12%Hurricanes11%Cold waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Pine Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Pine Hill flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wilcox County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Pine Hill

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Pine HillDeclared for Wilcox County only

2020

Hurricane Zeta

353 households applied for aid $852K aid approved $104K to the Town of Pine Hill for repairs

2011

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

12 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

11 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

18 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $10K to the Town of Pine Hill for repairs

2005

Hurricane Dennis

$18K to the Town of Pine Hill for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

670 households applied for aid $849K aid approved $29K to the Town of Pine Hill for repairs

Wilcox County has had 19 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. Pine Hill 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 Pine Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pine Hill. 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.