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Springville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2015. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Springville?

58
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes34%Cold waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Springville faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

34% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 43 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Springville flood?

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

1paid claims since 2015
$68Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20152026

Biggest named events

  • Early winter storms: 1 claim, $68K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Springville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: St. Clair County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

23storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Springville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringvilleDeclared for St. Clair County only
2015

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

$75K to the City of Springville for repairs
2011

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

47 households applied for aid $39K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

7 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $3K to the City of Springville for repairs
2001

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$3K to the City of Springville for repairs
St. Clair County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.
Around Springville

Springville and the towns around it

Odenville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingArgo: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMoody: High, mostly inland floodingMargaret: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTrussville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpringville: Moderate, mostly inland flooding SpringvilleOdenvilleArgo
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Springvillemostly inland floodingModerate
Argomostly inland floodingModerate
Odenvillemostly 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. Springville 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 Springville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Springville. 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.

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