Natural hazards · Rehobeth

Rehobeth, AL natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rehobeth to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes21%Hurricanes21%Cold waves5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Rehobeth faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times 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 Rehobeth flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Houston County.

Disasters that hit Rehobeth

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RehobethDeclared for Houston County only

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes & Straight-Line

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Houston County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Rehobeth

Rehobeth and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rehobethmostly inland floodingHigh

Taylormostly inland floodingHigh

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