Natural hazards · Sulligent

Sulligent, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sulligent comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sulligent?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sulligent to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes18%Earthquakes12%Lightning11%Cold waves11%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Sulligent faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Lightning

11% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Sulligent flood?

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

4paid claims since 1979

$26Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ivan: 1 claim, $3K

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. Sulligent isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lamar County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

79storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Sulligent

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SulligentDeclared for Lamar County only

2020

Severe Storms and Flooding

$148K to the Town of Sulligent for repairs

2019

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

$30K to the Town of Sulligent for repairs

2011

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

14 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $2K to the Town of Sulligent for repairs

2009

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

$16K to the Town of Sulligent for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$12K to the Town of Sulligent for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

8 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $6K to the Town of Sulligent for repairs

1998

Riv-Severe Winter Wx 12/23/98

$3K to the Town of Sulligent for repairs

Lamar County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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