Natural hazards · Vina

Vina, AL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vina comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Vina?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vina to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes32%Inland flooding27%Cold waves18%Earthquakes14%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Vina faces

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

Tornadoes

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Vina flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Vina

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VinaDeclared for Franklin County only

2019

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

$5K to the Town of Vina for repairs

2011

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

12 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

2 households applied for aid $458 aid approved

Franklin County has had 20 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. Vina 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 Vina’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Vina. 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.