Natural hazards · Silas

Silas, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Silas comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Silas?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Silas to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding52%Hurricanes26%Tornadoes11%Cold waves5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Silas faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% 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 Silas flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Choctaw County.

Disasters that hit Silas

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SilasDeclared for Choctaw County only

2011

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

19 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

521 households applied for aid $505K aid approved $34K to the Town of Silas for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

338 households applied for aid $581K aid approved $4K to the Town of Silas for repairs

Choctaw County has had 23 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. Silas 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 Silas’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Silas. 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.