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Counties with the Highest Natural Hazard Risk in Alabama

The top 25 of 67 Alabama counties on GIS Map, ranked by FEMA National Risk Index score (0-100, national percentile).

#CountyRisk Index score
1Mobile County
98.0
2Jefferson County
97.6
3Baldwin County
96.7
4Madison County
94.6
5Montgomery County
91.8
6Tuscaloosa County
90.8
7Shelby County
90.3
8Morgan County
88.8
9Calhoun County
88.5
10Houston County
87.8
11Etowah County
87.3
12Marshall County
87.3
13Lauderdale County
85.5
14Escambia County
85.0
15Talladega County
84.7
16Coffee County
83.4
17Walker County
82.6
18Covington County
82.4
19Cullman County
81.9
20Colbert County
80.7
21DeKalb County
80.4
22Limestone County
80.0
23Lee County
79.7
24Jackson County
79.0
25Elmore County
72.2

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025). All counties with data are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Counties with the Highest Natural Hazard Risk in Alabama”, https://gismap.land/rankings/alabama/highest-risk-counties. Figures from FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025).

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