Natural hazards · Uriah

Uriah, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Uriah comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Uriah?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Uriah to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding41%Hurricanes28%Tornadoes9%Drought6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Uriah faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Uriah flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

Disasters that hit Uriah

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into UriahDeclared for Monroe County only

2020

Hurricane Sally

1 household applied for aid

2011

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

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1 household applied for aid

2004

Hurricane Ivan

355 households applied for aid $559K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

36 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

Monroe 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. Uriah 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 Uriah’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Uriah. 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.