Natural hazards · Ranburne

Ranburne, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ranburne comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ranburne?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ranburne to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes25%Cold waves9%Hurricanes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Ranburne faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years 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 Ranburne flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cleburne County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Ranburne

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RanburneDeclared for Cleburne County only

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

Cleburne County has had 20 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. Ranburne 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 Ranburne’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ranburne. 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.