Natural hazards · Thomasville

Thomasville, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Thomasville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Thomasville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Thomasville to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes40%Inland flooding28%Tornadoes14%Cold waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Thomasville faces

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

Hurricanes

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 60 years in the area

Cold waves

6% 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 windLightning

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 Thomasville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clarke County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Thomasville

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ThomasvilleDeclared for Clarke County only

2020

Hurricane Zeta

578 households applied for aid $953K aid approved $79K to the City of Thomasville for repairs

2020

Hurricane Sally

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Nate

$10K to the City of Thomasville for repairs

2011

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

98 households applied for aid $72K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the City of Thomasville for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes & Straight-Line

$19K to the City of Thomasville for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

704 households applied for aid $967K aid approved $58K to the City of Thomasville for repairs

2005

Hurricane Dennis

$27K to the City of Thomasville for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

966 households applied for aid $912K aid approved $412K to the City of Thomasville for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

42 households applied for aid $62K aid approved

Clarke County has had 22 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. Thomasville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Thomasville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Thomasville. 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 Thomasville total about $1.3M 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.