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Natural hazards · Pleasant Grove

Pleasant Grove, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pleasant Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pleasant Grove?

62
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pleasant Grove to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes21%Cold waves11%Earthquakes5%Heat waves5%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Pleasant Grove 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
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pleasant Grove flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

53storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Pleasant Grove

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Pleasant Grove itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Pleasant Grove.

Brought FEMA money into Pleasant GroveDeclared for Jefferson County only
2021

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid
2014

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

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2012

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

1 household applied for aid
2011

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

1,692 households applied for aid $2.1M aid approved $624K to the City of Pleasant Grove for repairs
2009

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

$7K to the City of Pleasant Grove for repairs
2004

Hurricane Ivan

15 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$16K to the City of Pleasant Grove for repairs
Jefferson County has had 36 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Pleasant Grove

Pleasant Grove and the towns around it

Birmingham: High, mostly inland floodingHueytown: High, mostly inland floodingEdgewater: High, mostly inland floodingMcDonald Chapel: High, mostly inland floodingIrondale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCenter Point: Low, mostly inland floodingHomewood: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMountain Brook: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTrussville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVestavia Hills: High, mostly inland floodingHoover: High, mostly inland floodingLeeds: Moderate, mostly inland floodingForestdale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMidfield: High, mostly inland floodingFultondale: Low, mostly inland floodingBessemer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPleasant Grove: High, mostly inland flooding Pleasant GroveBirminghamHueytownEdgewaterMcDonald Chapel
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hueytownmostly inland floodingHigh
Edgewatermostly inland floodingHigh
McDonald Chapelmostly inland floodingHigh
Pleasant Grovemostly inland floodingHigh
Birminghammostly inland floodingHigh
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. Pleasant Grove covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pleasant Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pleasant Grove. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Pleasant Grove total about $3.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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