Natural hazards · Vredenburgh

Vredenburgh, AL natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vredenburgh to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding41%Hurricanes32%Tornadoes11%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Vredenburgh 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

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Vredenburgh flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Vredenburgh 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 Vredenburgh

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VredenburghDeclared for Monroe County only

2011

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

3 households applied for aid

2004

Hurricane Ivan

104 households applied for aid $160K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

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. Vredenburgh 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 Vredenburgh’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Vredenburgh. 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.