Natural hazards · Reece

Reece, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Reece 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 Reece?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Reece to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding54%Tornadoes30%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Reece faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 80 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Reece flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Etowah County.

Disasters that hit Reece

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ReeceDeclared for Etowah County only

2020

Severe Thunderstorms

$308K to the Town of Reece for repairs

Etowah County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Reece

Reece and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Reece Citymostly inland floodingHigh

Gadsdenmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Reece 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 Reece’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Reece. 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.