Natural hazards · Anniston

Anniston, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Anniston comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Anniston?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Anniston to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes33%Inland flooding22%Drought18%Tornadoes10%Strong wind5%Cold waves5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Anniston faces

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

Earthquakes

33% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Anniston flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Anniston, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2011

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $3K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mississippi County.

Disasters that hit Anniston

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AnnistonDeclared for Mississippi County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $408 aid approved

2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

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

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