Natural hazards · Slocomb

Slocomb, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Slocomb comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2013. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Slocomb?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Slocomb to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding36%Hurricanes34%Tornadoes8%Cold waves8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Slocomb faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% 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 Slocomb flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Slocomb, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 2013

$8Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20132026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Geneva County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Slocomb

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SlocombDeclared for Geneva County only

2020

Hurricane Sally

$40K to the City of Slocomb for repairs

2018

Hurricane Michael

$45K to the City of Slocomb for repairs

2014

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

$20K to the City of Slocomb for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes & Straight-Line

49 households applied for aid $93K aid approved $15K to the City of Slocomb for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

51 households applied for aid $41K aid approved $7K to the City of Slocomb for repairs

Geneva County has had 28 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. Slocomb covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Slocomb’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Slocomb. 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 Slocomb total about $1.6M 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.