Natural hazards · Weaver

Weaver, AL natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weaver to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes41%Inland flooding41%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Weaver faces

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

Tornadoes

41% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Weaver flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Calhoun County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Weaver

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeaverDeclared for Calhoun County only

2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid

2018

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid

2011

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

11 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $9K to the City of Weaver for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Calhoun County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Weaver

Weaver and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Weavermostly tornadoesModerate

Annistonmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Weaver covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Weaver’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Weaver. 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 Weaver total about $1.5M 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.