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Uniontown, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Uniontown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Uniontown?

67
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Uniontown to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes16%Hurricanes10%Strong wind8%Drought8%Earthquakes7%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Uniontown 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 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 28 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Uniontown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Uniontown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Perry County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Uniontown

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into UniontownDeclared for Perry County only
2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

12 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2020

Hurricane Zeta

208 households applied for aid $308K aid approved $19K to the City of Uniontown for repairs
2012

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

34 households applied for aid $46K aid approved
2011

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

245 households applied for aid $180K aid approved $23K to the City of Uniontown for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Dennis

$50K to the City of Uniontown for repairs
2004

Hurricane Ivan

849 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved $56K to the City of Uniontown for repairs
Perry County has had 21 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. Uniontown 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 Uniontown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Uniontown. 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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