Natural hazards · Tuskegee

Tuskegee, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tuskegee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Tuskegee?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tuskegee to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes19%Heat waves9%Earthquakes8%Hurricanes7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Tuskegee faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Tuskegee flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Macon County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Tuskegee

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TuskegeeDeclared for Macon County only

2005

Hurricane Dennis

$35K to the City of Tuskegee for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

719 households applied for aid $783K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

Macon 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. Tuskegee covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tuskegee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tuskegee. 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 Tuskegee total about $2.2M 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.