FEMA NRI v1.20Released December 2025Methodology

Alabama Disaster Risk

Natural disaster risk data for all 67 counties.

FEMA release

December 2025

Mean county NRI score

61.5

Counties with Data

of 67 total

County risk atlas

Alabama hazard exposure by county

FEMA NRI v1.20 scores on a 0–100 relative scale. Toggle the composite and five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18. Flood is the higher of Coastal Flooding and Inland Flooding NRI scores.

Counties

67/67

Mean county NRI score

61.5

Risk layers

Highest Risk Counties

Mobile County

Relatively High

NRI score 98.0

Jefferson County

Relatively High

NRI score 97.6

Baldwin County

Relatively High

NRI score 96.7

Madison County

Relatively High

NRI score 94.6

Montgomery County

Relatively Moderate

NRI score 91.8

Lowest Risk Counties

Coosa County

Very Low

NRI score 14.6

Perry County

Very Low

NRI score 18.8

Macon County

Very Low

NRI score 23.9

Bullock County

Very Low

NRI score 25.3

Clay County

Very Low

NRI score 26.7

All Alabama Counties

County	NRI score	FEMA Rating	Flood	Wildfire	Tornado	Earthquake
Mobile County	98.0	Relatively High	95.9	93.5	94.6	84.8
Jefferson County	97.6	Relatively High	98.1	79.1	99.6	96.1
Baldwin County	96.7	Relatively High	92.2	90.8	92.8	72.4
Madison County	94.6	Relatively High	95.9	36.1	98.5	94.8
Montgomery County	91.8	Relatively Moderate	94.1	51.6	96.6	92.5
Tuscaloosa County	90.8	Relatively Moderate	91.6	57.1	97.5	92.6
Shelby County	90.3	Relatively Moderate	91.6	74.3	98.3	84.5
Morgan County	88.8	Relatively Moderate	86.7	48.9	98.3	92.3
Calhoun County	88.5	Relatively Moderate	89.5	81.5	98.2	84.7
Houston County	87.8	Relatively Moderate	87.2	51.9	95.9	72.7
Etowah County	87.3	Relatively Moderate	87.5	72.7	97.8	88.3
Marshall County	87.3	Relatively Moderate	85.3	63.2	97.8	87.7
Lauderdale County	85.5	Relatively Moderate	84.2	23.8	92.0	92.5
Escambia County	85.0	Relatively Moderate	67.3	74.0	83.0	56.8
Talladega County	84.7	Relatively Moderate	87.2	79.1	93.8	78.5
Coffee County	83.4	Relatively Moderate	84.4	56.5	90.3	58.7
Walker County	82.6	Relatively Moderate	85.8	62.5	93.9	83.5
Covington County	82.4	Relatively Moderate	69.0	49.7	83.7	54.2
Cullman County	81.9	Relatively Moderate	80.2	65.1	90.0	86.6
Colbert County	80.7	Relatively Low	76.5	28.3	87.6	92.0
DeKalb County	80.4	Relatively Low	81.7	73.8	88.3	85.6
Limestone County	80.0	Relatively Low	76.7	25.8	88.2	89.9
Lee County	79.7	Relatively Low	84.7	72.4	75.7	81.7
Jackson County	79.0	Relatively Low	78.7	61.2	92.4	85.6
Elmore County	72.2	Relatively Low	80.6	61.9	75.6	75.3
St. Clair County	72.1	Relatively Low	75.9	71.8	91.8	74.9
Dallas County	70.8	Relatively Low	75.2	42.2	83.3	81.1
Choctaw County	70.6	Relatively Low	73.5	52.4	77.8	70.9
Lawrence County	69.3	Relatively Low	63.7	33.1	90.3	83.4
Marion County	69.1	Relatively Low	64.0	37.1	90.7	80.2
Blount County	68.5	Relatively Low	69.5	65.0	92.0	72.8
Dale County	67.7	Relatively Low	61.0	44.6	87.9	49.1
Franklin County	67.7	Relatively Low	54.7	37.7	93.2	83.1
Tallapoosa County	67.5	Relatively Low	77.9	75.1	72.8	69.0
Cherokee County	63.3	Relatively Low	70.4	68.2	83.0	73.4
Winston County	59.2	Relatively Low	64.7	59.1	79.2	81.4
Autauga County	57.6	Relatively Low	65.5	45.7	74.1	67.8
Russell County	54.7	Relatively Low	66.9	55.7	58.7	53.7
Chilton County	54.7	Relatively Low	60.2	63.3	85.8	66.0
Clarke County	53.4	Relatively Low	40.4	43.9	67.8	52.6
Geneva County	53.4	Relatively Low	55.4	37.8	51.6	45.9
Sumter County	53.0	Relatively Low	54.8	34.4	81.7	74.1
Marengo County	52.2	Relatively Low	50.6	38.8	78.9	73.5
Monroe County	48.7	Relatively Low	42.0	42.2	60.6	51.4
Barbour County	48.1	Relatively Low	50.8	48.9	78.6	53.7
Chambers County	47.2	Relatively Low	57.5	51.7	67.3	57.5
Washington County	45.6	Relatively Low	38.4	65.8	66.3	46.0
Butler County	45.2	Relatively Low	36.1	31.1	67.2	52.7
Pickens County	44.7	Relatively Low	41.9	27.9	76.2	78.5
Pike County	44.0	Relatively Low	47.6	33.9	57.7	57.0
Henry County	42.0	Very Low	38.4	33.8	72.6	39.2
Bibb County	39.1	Very Low	48.9	48.7	77.2	62.4
Hale County	39.1	Very Low	41.8	25.6	68.2	65.8
Fayette County	38.2	Very Low	41.1	27.5	65.2	63.9
Wilcox County	36.7	Very Low	53.1	45.7	54.1	50.8
Crenshaw County	34.4	Very Low	33.6	25.2	63.2	36.3
Lamar County	31.4	Very Low	31.6	24.7	61.8	74.8
Conecuh County	31.1	Very Low	23.5	49.9	61.0	42.7
Randolph County	30.6	Very Low	42.0	63.8	62.6	46.6
Greene County	29.3	Very Low	32.8	14.2	53.5	62.6
Lowndes County	29.1	Very Low	31.9	31.5	67.1	49.5
Cleburne County	27.5	Very Low	37.2	67.3	70.0	47.2
Clay County	26.7	Very Low	35.3	71.1	67.2	49.9
Bullock County	25.3	Very Low	20.2	46.1	56.7	45.5
Macon County	23.9	Very Low	34.8	52.8	48.0	59.8
Perry County	18.8	Very Low	22.5	23.2	53.7	61.1
Coosa County	14.6	Very Low	34.3	64.4	37.3	37.6

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Alabama county records are included?

RiskByCounty includes 67 Alabama county records from FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025).

Which FEMA county ratings appear in Alabama?

FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025) county rating counts for Alabama: Very Low: 17; Relatively Low: 31; Relatively Moderate: 15; Relatively High: 4; Very High: 0; Not available: 0.

How complete are the five selected hazard fields for Alabama?

FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025) availability among 67 county records: Flood: 67 of 67; Wildfire: 67 of 67; Tornado: 67 of 67; Earthquake: 67 of 67; Hurricane: 67 of 67. RiskByCounty displays five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18.

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Data Source

County data sourced from FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, released December 2025. Values are labeled NRI score (0–100 relative scale). RiskByCounty displays five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18; flood is the higher of the Coastal Flooding and Inland Flooding source scores.

RiskByCounty presents county-level source fields and deterministic arithmetic summaries.

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