Jackson County, AL: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10

Summary

Plan status as of 2026-09-30: Expired on 2026-03-16. Plan: Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092), approved 2021-03-17.

Since the plan was approved on 2021-03-17: 1 new hazard declaration (1 incident) and 469 NOAA Storm Events records; details under "What changed since your last plan".

Highest expected annual loss (FEMA National Risk Index, modeled total; see B1-a): Inland Flooding ($13,478,147 a year), Tornado ($6,420,497) and Cold Wave ($3,310,579).

The tables that follow are organized by the items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool, Element B (B1-a to B2-c); each heading says which item its tables support.

Terms used

EAL:: expected annual loss: FEMA's modeled average yearly loss from a hazard.
NRI:: FEMA's National Risk Index (version 1.20, December 2025).
NFIP:: National Flood Insurance Program.
RL, SRL:: repetitive loss and severe repetitive loss: flood-insured properties with repeated claims (definitions in B2-c).
FMA, HMGP:: Flood Mitigation Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, FEMA mitigation grants.
PA:: FEMA Public Assistance: disaster aid to governments and some nonprofits.
Zone-level:: NOAA logged the event for a National Weather Service forecast zone, which may include parts of neighboring counties.
County-coded:: NOAA logged the event to this county.
FIPS:: the federal code for a place; 01071 is this area.
D0 to D4:: U.S. Drought Monitor categories, from abnormally dry (D0) to exceptional drought (D4).
F/EF, EFU:: Fujita and Enhanced Fujita tornado ratings; EFU is an unrated tornado.
kt, CONUS:: knots (1 kt is about 1.15 mph); the contiguous United States.
CFR:: Code of Federal Regulations.
A4-a, E1-a:: other items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool (sources, and changes since the last plan).
Dollars:: nominal (as reported, labeled with the year), not adjusted for inflation.

Plan clock

Status:: Expired on 2026-03-16
Plan:: Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)
Approved:: 2021-03-17
Days since expiry:: 198
Update underway:: none recorded in FEMA's plan tracker

Until a new plan is approved, FEMA mitigation project grants (HMGP, FMA) need a FEMA exception (44 CFR 201.6(a)(3)).

What changed since your last plan (approved 2021-03-17)

New federal declarations:: 1 new hazard declaration (1 incident): EM-3618-AL (Hurricane Helene)
Storm Events records since approval:: 469 records (data through 2026-06-30)
Repetitive loss now:: FMA RL 0, SRL 0 (44 CFR 77.2); any definition: 6
Repeat-flood change:: this release sets the baseline count.

Sources: 1, 2, 4, 6 (numbered list at the end)

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county: 14 rows, in the section "Plan clock: Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county" on the following pages.

State plan status and tribal plans in this state: see the state page.

Plan clock

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county

Source: 1

Jurisdiction	Type	Status	Plan	Approved	Expires	Days to expirynegative = days since expiry	Notes
Jackson County (unincorporated area)	Unincorporated	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2022-06-23
Bridgeport city	City	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2023-02-09
Dutton town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2022-11-18
Hollywood town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2023-04-28
Hytop town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198
Langston town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2022-11-18
Paint Rock town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2023-04-14
Pisgah town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2023-02-09
Pleasant Groves town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2023-02-09
Scottsboro city	City	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2023-02-09
Section town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2023-05-01
Skyline town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2023-02-09
Stevenson city	City	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198	this jurisdiction approved 2023-05-19
Woodville town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	Division F, Phase 2 (FEMA plan 108092)	2021-03-17	2026-03-16	-198

Plan 108092 lists 33 other participants, named in the Excel file.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-a: hazard identification

Hazards NRI does not cover (local data needed)

dam failure (incl. upstream dams)
levee failure
flash flood as its own subtype
ice jams
debris flows
erosion (riverine and coastal)
land subsidence and sinkholes
expansive soils

The 18 National Risk Index hazards, ranked by expected annual loss (EAL)

Sources: 5, 6

Rank by EAL	Hazard	NRI risk rating	EAL rating	EAL buildingsmodeled dollars per year	EAL agriculturemodeled dollars per year	Cost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damage	EAL total (see note)modeled dollars per year	Storm Events records, 1996 to 2026-06-30count	Storm Events coverage note
1	Inland Flooding	Relatively Moderate	Relatively Low	$13,188,937	$132,250	$156,961	$13,478,147	86
2	Tornado	Relatively High	Relatively Moderate	$2,876,207	$19,521	$3,524,770	$6,420,497	52
3	Cold Wave	Relatively Moderate	Relatively Moderate	$13,533	$250,951	$3,046,095	$3,310,579	72	Includes 53 Frost/Freeze records (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition; counted in this table and in B1-d, not in the B1-e descriptor).
4	Earthquake	Relatively Low	Relatively Low	$1,600,108	n/a	$588,556	$2,188,664		Storm Events does not record earthquakes.
5	Strong Wind	Relatively High	Relatively Moderate	$410,894	$13,385	$917,106	$1,341,385	631	Includes 9 High Wind and 12 Strong Wind records (NOAA non-thunderstorm wind types, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition).
6	Drought	Relatively Moderate	Relatively Moderate	n/a	$828,621	n/a	$828,621	51
7	Lightning	Relatively High	Relatively Moderate	$27,229	n/a	$782,857	$810,086	10
8	Heat Wave	Relatively Low	Relatively Low	$41	$3,129	$320,648	$323,817	26
9	Hail	Relatively Low	Relatively Low	$154,699	$6,033	$10,800	$171,532	119
10	Winter Weather	Relatively Moderate	Relatively Moderate	$69,984	$24	$84,712	$154,719	65
11	Hurricane	Relatively Low	Relatively Low	$85,798	$50,981	$3,384	$140,162	3
12	Ice Storm	Relatively Moderate	Relatively Low	$109,076	n/a	$23,279	$132,355	5
13	Wildfire	Very Low	Very Low	$50,360	$337	$16,024	$66,721	0	Declared 2 times; no Storm Events record of this type.
14	Landslide	Relatively Low	Very Low	$996	n/a	$5,552	$6,549	1

Total = buildings + agriculture + population equivalence; FEMA values each expected death (or 10 injuries) at $13.7 million (2024 dollars).

NRI risk rating combines expected annual loss with social vulnerability and community resilience; EAL rating rates expected annual loss alone. Both compare this county with all U.S. counties.

Local data needed: state and local wildfire records (Storm Events records this hazard only in part).

Not applicable to this county per NRI, with no federal declaration and no Storm Events record since 1996: avalanche, coastal flooding, tsunami and volcanic activity. That is the evidence for leaving them out of the plan.

The state hazard mitigation plan also lists hazards for this county; FEMA asks the plan to explain any hazard it leaves out.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-b: hazard location

Affects the whole county (national data give no location within it): Cold Wave, Drought, Hail, Heat Wave, Ice Storm, Lightning, Strong Wind and Winter Weather.

Inland Flooding: The FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is the required location source for flooding. See the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (https://msc.fema.gov) for this county.

Hazards that vary within the county: highest-rated census tracts

Source: 5

Hazard	Highest-rated census tractsNRI risk rating, score 0 to 100
Earthquake	tract 9508 (Relatively High, 89.6); tract 9509.02 (Relatively Moderate, 83.1); tract 9506.02 (Relatively Moderate, 81.7)
Hurricane	tract 9507 (Relatively Low, 55.2); tract 9508 (Relatively Low, 55.2); tract 9502 (Relatively Low, 54.2)
Landslide	tract 9504 (Relatively Moderate, 95.7); tract 9503.01 (Relatively Low, 93.4); tract 9505 (Relatively Low, 92.2)
Tornado	tract 9508 (Very High, 99.2); tract 9507 (Very High, 98.7); tract 9509.02 (Very High, 98.7)
Wildfire	tract 9501.01 (Relatively Low, 86.8); tract 9501.02 (Relatively Low, 85.0); tract 9510 (Relatively Low, 83.8)

Up to 3 census tracts per hazard, highest National Risk Index rating first, then highest score; a tract number is the Census tract number (for example 9508 is Census Tract 9508). FEMA's Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool maps the National Risk Index for every tract: https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/resilience-analysis-and-planning-tool

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-c: hazard extent

Extent: scale, observed range and worst recorded event per hazard

Sources: 6, 7

Hazard	Scale	Recordscount and years	Observed range	Worst recorded event	Most damaging (when different)	How it applies to jurisdictions	Note
Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	wind chill	19 records, 1996 to 2026 (19 zone-level)	1 day to 4 days (median 2 days); 14 with a recorded value	4 consecutive days, 1996-03-07 to 1996-03-10, zone-level		Countywide (zone-level records).
Frost/Freeze (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition)	crop damage	53 records, 2007 to 2025 (53 zone-level)		No crop damage reported in 53 records.		Countywide (zone-level records).
Drought	U.S. Drought Monitor scale (D0 to D4)	51 records, 2007 to 2026 (51 zone-level)	7 days to 534 days (median 38 days); 15 with a recorded value	534 days (about 17.5 months), 2007-07-01 to 2008-12-15, a run of 18 consecutive Storm Events drought records, zone-level		Countywide (zone-level records).	Storm Events enters a drought at D2 or worse east of the Rockies and D3 or worse from the Rockies west (NWS Instruction 10-1605); NRI drought counts D3 and D4 only.
Earthquake	Modified Mercalli (local data)	0					Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hail	hail size (inches)	133 records, 1964 to 2025	0.75 in to 2.75 in (median 1 in); 133 with a recorded value	2.75 in hail, 2023-06-18; same size also recorded on 1973-05-19, 1984-05-02, 2002-04-28, 2005-04-22, 2009-04-10	Hail, 1998-05-07, $40,000 property; $20,000 crops (1998 dollars)	Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Scottsboro city (18 records), Bridgeport city (15 records), Woodville town (12 records), Skyline town (10 records), Pisgah town (7 records), Section town (7 records), Langston town (5 records), Stevenson city (5 records), Hollywood town (3 records), Paint Rock town (3 records); and 2 more jurisdictions (see the Excel file).
Excessive Heat, Heat	heat index (in event narratives)	26 records, 1996 to 2025 (26 zone-level)	1 day to 31 days (median 2 days); 19 with a recorded value	August 2007 (1 monthly summary record), zone-level		Countywide (zone-level records).	Heat records from November to March (unseasonable warmth, not a heat wave) are counted but not used for the longest run.
Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical Depression	Saffir-Simpson	3 records, 2005 to 2020 (3 zone-level)		Strongest recorded: Tropical Storm record, 2020-10-28 to 2020-10-29, $1,000 property; $0 crops (2020 dollars); NWS zone ALZ009		Countywide (zone-level records).	Storm Events files every zone of a storm's episode under the storm's type; flooding from the storm is filed as Flood or Flash Flood records.
Ice Storm	Sperry-Piltz ice scale (local data)	5 records, 1998 to 2015 (5 zone-level)		Ice Storm, 2000-01-22, $2,000,000 property; $0 crops (2000 dollars); NWS zone ALZ009		Countywide (zone-level records).
Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood	damage and flood days (flood depth: FIRM)	86 records, 1998 to 2026		Flash Flood, 2003-05-06, $1,200,000 property; crops not reported (2003 dollars)		Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Scottsboro city (12 records), Woodville town (10 records), Dutton town (3 records), Hollywood town (3 records), Bridgeport city (1 record), Hytop town (1 record), Langston town (1 record), Paint Rock town (1 record), Pisgah town (1 record), Skyline town (1 record); and 1 more jurisdiction (see the Excel file).	Flood depth: see the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. Storm Events damage is often $0 or blank for floods, major ones included; FEMA Public Assistance by declaration (B1-d) shows which floods cost the most.
Debris Flow	none (count and damage only)	1 record, 2011 (1 zone-level)		Debris Flow, 2011-11-29, $20,000 property; $0 crops (2011 dollars); NWS zone ALZ009		Countywide (zone-level records).
Lightning	annualized frequency (the measure FEMA's Local Mitigation Planning Handbook names)	10 records, 1996 to 2025		Lightning, 2001-08-12, $0 property; $0 crops (2001 dollars), 1 direct death, 4 direct injuries	Lightning, 1997-07-30, $80,000 property; $0 crops (1997 dollars)	Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Scottsboro city (2 records), Dutton town (1 record), Hollywood town (1 record), Hytop town (1 record), Pisgah town (1 record), Section town (1 record), Skyline town (1 record).	Storm Events lists lightning with damage or casualties.
High Wind and Strong Wind (outside NRI's Strong Wind definition)	wind speed (kt and mph)	21 records, 1996 to 2024 (21 zone-level)	30 kt (35 mph) to 60 kt (69 mph) (median 41 kt (47 mph)); 21 with a recorded value	60 kt (69 mph) estimated sustained, High Wind, 2003-03-19; NWS zone ALZ009	Strong Wind, 2022-02-17, $5,000,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2022 dollars)	Countywide (zone-level records).
Thunderstorm Wind	wind speed (kt and mph)	654 records, 1956 to 2026	35 kt (40 mph) to 87 kt (100 mph) (median 50 kt (58 mph)); 613 with a recorded value	87 kt (100 mph) estimated gust, Thunderstorm Wind, 2014-06-10	Thunderstorm Wind, 1994-05-15, $500,000 property; crops not recorded (1994 dollars)	Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Scottsboro city (88 records), Skyline town (33 records), Bridgeport city (30 records), Section town (29 records), Hollywood town (18 records), Dutton town (15 records), Langston town (15 records), Paint Rock town (15 records), Woodville town (15 records), Stevenson city (13 records); and 2 more jurisdictions (see the Excel file).	Speeds under 20 kt (likely entry errors) are left out of the observed range.
Tornado	Enhanced Fujita (Fujita before Feb 2007)	64 records, 1958 to 2025	F/EF0 to F/EF4 (median F/EF1); 64 with a recorded value	EF4 tornado, 2008-02-06, 10.9 mi within this county, 660 yd wide, damage not reported, 1 direct death, 12 direct injuries	Tornado, 2023-03-25, $5,500,000 property; $0 crops (2023 dollars)	Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Pisgah town (6 records), Section town (6 records), Dutton town (3 records), Hollywood town (2 records), Scottsboro city (2 records), Skyline town (2 records), Hytop town (1 record), Langston town (1 record), Stevenson city (1 record).	Before 1996 a tornado is listed once, under the county where it began, with its whole path's rating and length; from 1996 on, each county lists its own segment. Length is not used to rank tornadoes (see Methods).
Wildfire	acres burned (local data)	0
Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleet	none in data (snowfall: local data)	65 records, 1996 to 2026 (65 zone-level)		Winter Storm, 1996-02-01, $15,000 property; crops not reported (1996 dollars); NWS zone ALZ009	Winter Storm, 1996-02-16, $15,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 1996 dollars)	Countywide (zone-level records).

Where a hazard names more than 10 jurisdictions, the table lists the 10 with the most records; every one is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-c Extent".

In event narratives only (local data needed): wind chill, temperature, heat index, ice thickness, acres burned and snow depth; any physical measure of debris flow and lightning.

Storm Events records are more complete after 1996; before 1996 only Tornado (from 1950), Hail and Thunderstorm Wind (from 1955) exist. Zone-level records from zones that no NWS zone-county file places in this county (mostly before 2020) are not counted here (the Methods page explains the zone matching).

Dollars are nominal (as reported), labeled with the year; not adjusted for inflation.

A monthly summary record covers most or all of a month; it does not count days at wave conditions.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-d: previous occurrences

Federal declarations for this county: 28 declarations covering 22 separate hazard incidents counted in this packet (declarations for the same incident count once; non-natural and evacuation-only declarations are not counted).

Federal disaster declarations for this county

Sources: 1, 2, 3

Declared	Incident began	FEMA number	Type	Title	Mapped hazard	County Public Assistancefederal share obligated, nominal dollars	Flags	Notes
2024-09-26	2024-09-22	EM-3618-AL	Emergency	Hurricane Helene	Hurricane (primary); also designated: Tornado	no Public Assistance recorded	new since last plan; within last 5 years
2020-09-14	2020-09-14	EM-3545-AL	Emergency	Hurricane Sally	Hurricane	no Public Assistance recorded	in the 12 months before plan approval
2020-07-10	2020-04-12	DR-4555-AL	Major disaster	Severe Thunderstorms	Hazard not mapped (severe storm title names no single hazard); not counted	$266,992.10	in the 12 months before plan approval
2020-03-29	2020-01-20	DR-4503-AL	Major disaster	COVID-19 Pandemic	Non-natural, not counted	$36,496.87	in the 12 months before plan approval
2020-03-13	2020-01-20	EM-3472-AL	Emergency	COVID-19	Non-natural, not counted	no Public Assistance recorded		same incident as DR-4503
2019-04-17	2019-02-19	DR-4426-AL	Major disaster	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Inland Flooding; Strong Wind; Tornado	$7,687,602.15
2017-09-11	2017-09-08	EM-3389-AL	Emergency	Hurricane Irma	Hurricane	no Public Assistance recorded
2016-01-21	2015-12-23	DR-4251-AL	Major disaster	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding	Inland Flooding; Strong Wind; Tornado	$2,983.15
2011-04-28	2011-04-15	DR-1971-AL	Major disaster	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding	Inland Flooding; Strong Wind; Tornado	$1,517,944.22
2011-04-27	2011-04-27	EM-3319-AL	Emergency	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds	Strong Wind; Tornado	no Public Assistance recorded		same incident as DR-1971
2009-05-08	2009-04-10	DR-1836-AL	Major disaster	Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds	Inland Flooding; Strong Wind; Tornado	$1,734,549.49
2008-08-30	2008-08-29	EM-3292-AL	Emergency	Hurricane Gustav	Hurricane	no Public Assistance recorded
2007-03-03	2007-03-01	DR-1687-AL	Major disaster	Severe Storms and Tornadoes	Tornado: designated for Hazard Mitigation only (no Public or Individual Assistance for this county); not counted	PA not declared for this county
2005-09-10	2005-08-29	EM-3237-AL	Emergency	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Hurricane: evacuation support, not a local hazard event; not counted	no Public Assistance recorded
2004-09-15	2004-09-13	DR-1549-AL	Major disaster	Hurricane Ivan	Hurricane	$75,929.81
2003-05-12	2003-05-05	DR-1466-AL	Major disaster	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Inland Flooding; Tornado	$401,270.35
2001-11-20	2001-11-20	FM-2395-AL	Fire management	Al - North East Alabama Fire Complex - 11/20/2001	Wildfire	no Public Assistance recorded
2000-02-18	2000-01-22	DR-1317-AL	Major disaster	Severe Winter Storms	Winter Weather	$47,997.27
1999-09-18	1999-09-15	FM-2276-AL	Fire management	Al - Jackson Farms Fire - 09/18/99	Wildfire	no Public Assistance recorded
1996-02-23	1996-02-01	DR-1104-AL	Major disaster	Severe Winter Storms, Ice and Flooding	Inland Flooding; Winter Weather	no Public Assistance recorded
1993-03-15	1993-03-13	EM-3096-AL	Emergency	Severe Snowfall, Winter Storm	Winter Weather	no Public Assistance recorded
1991-01-04	1990-12-21	DR-890-AL	Major disaster	Severe Storms & Flooding	Inland Flooding	PA not declared for this county
1990-02-17	1990-02-03	DR-856-AL	Major disaster	Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding	Inland Flooding; Tornado	no Public Assistance recorded
1989-11-17	1989-11-15	DR-848-AL	Major disaster	Severe Storms & Tornadoes	Tornado	PA not declared for this county
1977-07-20	1977-07-20	EM-3045-AL	Emergency	Drought	Drought	no Public Assistance recorded
1974-04-04	1974-04-04	DR-422-AL	Major disaster	Tornadoes	Tornado	no Public Assistance recorded
1973-05-29	1973-05-29	DR-388-AL	Major disaster	Severe Storms & Flooding	Inland Flooding	no Public Assistance recorded
1973-03-27	1973-03-27	DR-369-AL	Major disaster	Tornadoes & Flooding	Tornado (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding	no Public Assistance recorded

County Public Assistance: applicants the FEMA record places in this county, including any state agencies FEMA files there; statewide rows are listed on the state page; federal share obligated, nominal dollars.

Statewide declarations

Source: 2

Declared	Incident began	FEMA number	Type	Title	Mapped hazard
1961-02-27	1961-02-27	DR-109-AL	Major disaster	Floods	Inland Flooding

FEMA recorded these with designated area Statewide and no county, so they are listed on every county page in the state and not counted with county rows. Local data needed: whether each one affected this county.

Public Assistance filed under this county for declarations that do not list it: 2 rows, $16,165.60

Sources: 2, 3

FEMA number	Declared	Title	Applicant	PA obligatedfederal share obligated, nominal dollars
DR-1605-AL	2005-08-29	Hurricane Katrina	Gainesville, City of	$5,720.21
DR-1593-AL	2005-07-10	Hurricane Dennis	Gainesville, City of	$10,445.39

FEMA's Public Assistance summaries file these applicants under this county, but FEMA's declaration rows for these disasters do not designate it (an electric cooperative or district serving several counties, for example). Not in any declaration row above and not counted.

Previous occurrences by hazard, with explicit no-event rows

Sources: 2, 6, 7

Hazard	Storm Events records, all years on file(years in the Period column)	Since plan approvalrecords	In the 12 months before plan approvalrecords	Last 5 yearsrecords	Declared incidents, all yearsseparate disasters	Declared since approvalseparate disasters	Period	Statement
Cold Wave	72	27	1	24	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30	Includes 53 Frost/Freeze records.
Drought	51	16	0	16	1	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Earthquake	0	0	0	0	0	0		Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hail	133	14	1	12	0	0	1955 to 2026-06-30
Heat Wave	26	14	0	14	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Hurricane	3	0	1	0	5	1	1996 to 2026-06-30
Ice Storm	5	0	0	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Inland Flooding	86	29	3	22	10	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Landslide	1	0	0	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Lightning	10	1	0	1	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Strong Wind	675	339	33	316	4	0	1955 to 2026-06-30	Includes 9 High Wind and 12 Strong Wind records.
Tornado	64	18	0	17	10	1	1950 to 2026-06-30
Wildfire	0	0	0	0	2	0	1996 to 2026-06-30	No Storm Events records of this type; 2 federal declared incidents (see declarations table)
Winter Weather	65	11	3	11	3	0	1996 to 2026-06-30

Notable Storm Events records

Sources: 1, 6, 7

Date	Event type	Magnitude or extent	Damagenominal dollars	Deaths, injuriesdirect only	Location	Flags	Why listed
2023-06-18	Hail	2.75 in	damage not reported	0, 0	WOODVILLE	new since last plan; within last 5 years	B1-c worst recorded: Hail
2016-11-30	Tornado	EF2, 5.12 mi within this county, 206 yd wide	damage not reported	3, 0	ROSLIE to FLAT ROCK		deaths or injuries recorded
2014-06-10	Thunderstorm Wind	87 kt (100 mph) estimated gust	damage not reported	0, 0	YUCCA to BRIDGEPORT		B1-c worst recorded: Thunderstorm Wind
2011-04-27	Tornado	EF4, 24.18 mi within this county, 1,260 yd wide	$0 property; $0 crops (2011 dollars)	6, 0	HODGE to HIGDON		deaths or injuries recorded
2008-02-06	Tornado	EF4, 10.9 mi within this county, 660 yd wide	damage not reported	1, 12	PISGAH to FLAT ROCK		deaths or injuries recorded
2007-08-01	Heat		$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2007 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone ALZ009 (JACKSON), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Excessive Heat, Heat
2007-07-01	Drought		damage not reported	0, 0	NWS zone ALZ009 (JACKSON), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Drought
2003-05-06	Flash Flood		$1,200,000 property; crops not reported (2003 dollars)	0, 0	COUNTYWIDE		B1-c worst recorded: Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood
2003-03-19	High Wind	60 kt (69 mph) estimated sustained	damage not reported	0, 0	NWS zone ALZ009 (JACKSON), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: High Wind and Strong Wind
2001-08-12	Lightning		$0 property; $0 crops (2001 dollars)	1, 4	BRYANT		B1-c worst recorded: Lightning
1996-03-07	Cold/Wind Chill		property not reported; $1,000,000 crops (zone total, 1996 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone ALZ009 (JACKSON), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
1996-02-01	Winter Storm		$15,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 1996 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone ALZ009 (JACKSON), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleet

The full list is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-d Storm Events history" (1,191 rows).

Location is the place NOAA recorded, as written in its data; it need not be a jurisdiction in this plan.

Local data needed: state-declared emergencies, from your state emergency management agency (federal data do not include them).

Tribal and special-area declarations in this state are listed on the state page.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-e: probability of future events

Probability: FEMA annualized frequency and descriptor per hazard

Sources: 5, 6

Hazard	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)unit per row	Unit	In plain terms	Descriptor	Descriptor basis	NRI events or days in its record period (hail, wind and tornado are area-weighted, so can be fractional)	NRI period	Location	Note
Cold Wave	1.63	event-days per year	about 1.63 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 8 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (26.7%)	31	2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)	countywide
Drought	32.9	event-days per year	about 32.9 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 8 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (26.7%)	1,001	2000 to 2025 (25.25 years; D3 and D4 only)	countywide
Earthquake	0.00348	annual probability at a location	chance a given location in the county has at least minor-damage shaking in a year: 0.348%			not shown	modeled	see B1-f	No descriptor (Storm Events does not record earthquakes).
Hail	4.55	events per year	about 4.55 per year	Highly likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	172.9 (modeled)	1986 to 2023 (38 years)	countywide
Heat Wave	4.05	event-days per year	about 4.05 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 10 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (33.3%)	70	2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)	countywide
Hurricane	0.0226	events per year	about 1 in 44 years	Possible	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	10	1851 to 2024 (Atlantic)	see B1-f	NRI counts hurricane and tropical storm tracks passing within storm-force wind range; federal declarations are in B1-d.
Ice Storm	0.757	event-days per year	about 0.757 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 4 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (13.3%)	51	1946-12-31 to 2014-02-12 (67 years)	countywide
Inland Flooding	1.54	event-days per year	about 1.54 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 21 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (70%)	43	1996 to 2023 (28 years)	see B1-f
Landslide	1.3	events per year (modeled)	about 1.3 per year	Highly likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	not shown	modeled	see B1-f
Lightning	61.3	days per year with a strike	about 61.3 days per year	Highly likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	not shown	1995 to 2023 (29 years; CONUS)	countywide
Strong Wind	5.58	events per year	about 5.58 per year	Highly likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	212	1986 to 2023 (38 years)	countywide
Tornado	1.06	events per year	about 1.06 per year	Highly likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	not shown	1950 to 2023 (EF2+); 1986 to 2023 (EF0-1)	see B1-f
Wildfire	0.00192	annual probability at a location	chance a given location in the county burns in a year: 0.192%		Storm Events records in 0 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (0%)	not shown	modeled	see B1-f	No descriptor: no Storm Events record 1996 to 2025
Winter Weather	5	event-days per year	about 5 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 24 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (80%)	95	2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)	countywide

FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) is the National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025) estimate of how often a hazard affects this county in a year; it is not recorded events divided by years, and its unit differs by hazard (events, event-days, or days with a lightning strike per year). For earthquake, wildfire, coastal flooding and tsunami the value is the chance (or number of events) at a location in the county, not across the county, so no "1 in N years" is given and the descriptor comes from Storm Events where it has a record (none for earthquake). The Methods page gives each hazard's method, from FEMA's National Risk Index Technical Documentation v1.20.

Where NRI gives event-days, the descriptor comes from the share of years with a Storm Events record; NRI's source records more events, so the two differ.

Descriptor scale used in this packet (defined per unit)

Sources: 5, 6

Unit	Descriptor	Definition
events per year	Highly likely	1 or more per year
events per year	Likely	about once in 1 to 10 years
events per year	Possible	about once in 10 to 100 years
events per year	Unlikely	less than once in 100 years
annual probability	Likely	10% to under 100% chance in a given year
annual probability	Possible	1% to under 10% chance in a given year
annual probability	Unlikely	under 1% chance in a given year
event-days (share of years)	Highly likely	event-days recorded in 90% or more of years
event-days (share of years)	Likely	event-days recorded in 10% to under 90% of years
event-days (share of years)	Possible	event-days recorded in some years but under 10% of years
lightning strike-days	Highly likely	cloud-to-ground strikes on 1 or more days per year

Intensity bands: historical frequency (Storm Events)

Source: 6

Hazard	Band	Years	Eventscounty-coded records	Years in period	Events per yearevents / years
Hail	1.00-1.99 in	1996 to 2025	62	30	2.07
Hail	2.00 in+	1996 to 2025	6	30	0.2
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)	50-64 kt	1996 to 2025	350	30	11.7
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)	65 kt+	1996 to 2025	18	30	0.6
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)	unmeasured or below 50 kt	1996 to 2025	223	30	7.43
Tornado	EF0-1	1996 to 2025	43	30	1.43
Tornado	EF2-3	1996 to 2025	6	30	0.2
Tornado	EF4-5	1996 to 2025	3	30	0.1
Tornado	unrated (EFU)	1996 to 2025	0	30	0

The bands show how often events of each severity were recorded in this county, to profile how severe events have been (FEMA's probability item asks for the range of intensities).

Hail smaller than 1 inch is not counted: on 2010-01-05 the National Weather Service raised its severe-hail threshold from 3/4 inch to 1 inch, so smaller reports became less common after 2009 (NWS Service Change Notice 09-52). NRI hail frequency uses a 0.75 inch threshold.

Optional: future conditions. Not a required item in the 2025 FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide; some states ask for it. The federal Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) site gives county exposure to future climate conditions (https://resilience.climate.gov/).

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-f: hazards that vary across jurisdictions

Range of census tract risk within the county

Source: 5

Hazard	Tractsrated of all	NRI risk score, 0 to 100			Tracts by rating
Hazard	Tractsrated of all	Min	Median	Max	Tracts by rating
Cold Wave	16 of 16	73.2	87.3	92.6	Relatively High 15, Relatively Moderate 1
Drought	16 of 16	76.0	93.4	97.0	Relatively Moderate 13, Relatively Low 2, Very Low 1
Earthquake	16 of 16	59.6	75.9	89.6	Relatively High 1, Relatively Moderate 6, Relatively Low 9
Hail	16 of 16	49.6	58.6	74.6	Relatively Moderate 4, Relatively Low 12
Heat Wave	16 of 16	17.7	34.8	49.7	Relatively Low 16
Hurricane	16 of 16	47.5	53.3	55.2	Relatively Low 13, Very Low 3
Ice Storm	16 of 16	51.9	66.1	85.0	Relatively Moderate 7, Relatively Low 9
Inland Flooding	16 of 16	44.3	75.3	93.1	Relatively High 7, Relatively Moderate 7, Relatively Low 2
Landslide	16 of 16	60.6	83.0	95.7	Relatively Moderate 1, Relatively Low 7, Very Low 8
Lightning	16 of 16	82.6	94.3	98.0	Very High 7, Relatively High 9
Strong Wind	16 of 16	82.3	90.7	96.6	Relatively High 15, Relatively Moderate 1
Tornado	16 of 16	83.6	94.0	99.2	Very High 8, Relatively High 8
Wildfire	16 of 16	52.7	76.4	86.8	Relatively Low 13, Very Low 3
Winter Weather	16 of 16	74.0	83.9	93.5	Relatively High 12, Relatively Moderate 4

Drought: Agriculture is all of NRI's expected annual loss for this hazard in the county, so the tract range mostly reflects where crop and livestock value is.

Rated tracts only: No Rating (score 0.0), Not Applicable and Insufficient Data tracts are counted but not used for the minimum, median and maximum.

The score ranks a tract against all U.S. tracts (100 = highest). The rating is FEMA's category for the tract's risk value, computed differently, so the two can disagree.

Frequency data for cold wave, drought, hail, heat wave, ice storm, lightning, strong wind and winter weather are county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone), the same for every jurisdiction; the tract range mostly reflects where buildings and people are (crop and livestock value where a line above names agriculture).

Each jurisdiction (starting figures from federal data)

Sources: 1, 3, 4, 6

Jurisdiction	Type	Plan status	Repetitive lossFMA RL and SRL (44 CFR 77.2); repeat-flood, any definition	Public Assistance to this jurisdictionFEMA records matched by applicant name; federal share obligated, nominal dollars	Event records naming this placeall years; since its plan	Notes
Jackson County (unincorporated area)	Unincorporated	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$7,918,144.79	0 total; 0 since its plan	Includes $269,690 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4503-AL, DR-4555-AL).
Bridgeport city	City	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$102,173.09	46 total; 1 since its plan
Dutton town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$31,408.07	23 total; 11 since its plan
Hollywood town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1	$14,742.86	27 total; 13 since its plan
Hytop town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	14 total; 8 since its plan
Langston town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$54,924.69	22 total; 8 since its plan
Paint Rock town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$2,732.25	19 total; 14 since its plan
Pisgah town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$16,101.68	26 total; 9 since its plan
Pleasant Groves town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	0 total; 0 since its plan
Scottsboro city	City	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 3	$960,318.40	122 total; 44 since its plan
Section town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$13,001.58	43 total; 20 since its plan
Skyline town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	47 total; 16 since its plan
Stevenson city	City	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 2	$61,924.44	20 total; 0 since its plan
Woodville town	Town	Expired on 2026-03-16	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$3,910.83	37 total; 10 since its plan

Repetitive-loss counts are for whole NFIP communities, which can extend beyond this county (see the note in B2-c).

County Public Assistance in B1-d also includes applicants filed under the county that are not jurisdictions in this plan (for example state agencies, special districts and nonprofits), so the jurisdiction rows add up to less.

Supports FEMA checklist items B2-a and B2-b: vulnerability and potential impacts

Local data needed

The table below gives county-level starting figures; the plan describes impacts for each jurisdiction and its own assets.

Critical facilities and lifelines per hazard
A problem statement per jurisdiction per hazard
Changes in development in hazard-prone areas since the last approval, or a statement of none (E1-a)
Future assets

County-level starter: exposure, expected annual loss and damage since the plan

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

Hazard	Building exposuremodeled dollars	Agriculture exposuremodeled dollars	Population exposedpeople	EAL buildingsmodeled dollars per year	EAL agriculturemodeled dollars per year	Cost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damage	EAL as % of exposurebuildings; agriculture where noted	Storm Events damage since 2021-03-17county-coded records, property plus crops, nominal dollars	Zone-level damage since planproperty plus crops, reported for the zone	Public Assistance since plannominal dollars; see note	Note
Cold Wave	$11,843,073,152	$197,618,586	52,501	$13,533	$250,951	$3,046,095	0.000114%		$0
Drought	n/a	$32,936,531	n/a	n/a	$828,621	n/a	2.52% (agriculture)		$0		NRI has no building exposure for this hazard; agriculture shown
Earthquake	$21,112,327,483	n/a	52,579	$1,600,108	n/a	$588,556	0.00758%
Hail	$11,843,073,152	$197,618,586	52,501	$154,699	$6,033	$10,800	0.00131%	$0
Heat Wave	$11,843,073,152	$197,618,586	52,501	$41	$3,129	$320,648	under 0.0001%		$0
Hurricane	$11,815,646,830	$194,724,945	52,305	$85,798	$50,981	$3,384	0.000726%			no Public Assistance recorded (1 declaration)
Ice Storm	$11,843,073,152	n/a	52,501	$109,076	n/a	$23,279	0.000921%
Inland Flooding	$11,830,866,604	$35,379,487	2,003	$13,188,937	$132,250	$156,961	n/a (see note)	$0			NRI counts the full building value of any census block with some flood loss; this is not the value of buildings in the floodplain. Use local FIRM overlays for B2-a/B2-b.
Landslide	$307,396,785	n/a	1,399	$996	n/a	$5,552	0.000324%
Lightning	$11,843,073,152	n/a	52,501	$27,229	n/a	$782,857	0.00023%	$1,000
Strong Wind	$11,843,073,152	$197,618,586	52,501	$410,894	$13,385	$917,106	0.00347%	$1,396,800	$5,027,000		Storm Events damage since the plan includes 5 zone-level Strong Wind records ($5,027,000): a NOAA non-thunderstorm wind type, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition.
Tornado	$11,843,073,152	$197,618,586	52,501	$2,876,207	$19,521	$3,524,770	0.0243%	$12,031,300		no Public Assistance recorded (1 declaration)
Wildfire	$463,351,005	$23,721,454	5,746	$50,360	$337	$16,024	0.0109%
Winter Weather	$11,843,073,152	$197,618,586	52,501	$69,984	$24	$84,712	0.000591%		$0

Totals since 2021-03-17 (Storm Events through 2026-06-30): 394 county-coded records, 382 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $13,429,100; 75 zone-level records, 74 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $5,027,000 reported for the zone; Public Assistance: none recorded on the 1 counted declaration.

FEMA does not split Public Assistance by hazard. A declaration mapped to several hazards is listed under each of them with its full amount, so the per-hazard column does not add up to the total; the unit total counts each declaration once.

NRI computes earthquake exposure on its own basis, so it exceeds the county building value in B2-a.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-a: vulnerability (county context)

County context

Source: 5

Measure	Value
Population	52,501
Building value (total, not at risk)	$11,843,073,152
Agriculture value (total, not at risk)	$197,618,586
NRI risk rating (all hazards)	Relatively Low
Expected annual loss, buildings and agriculture, all hazards	$19,893,092
Expected annual loss, population equivalence, all hazards (NRI values each statistical life at $13.7M; a modeled value of expected deaths and injuries, not property damage)	$9,480,745
Social vulnerability rating	Relatively High
Community resilience rating	Relatively Low
NRI version	December 2025

FEMA's all-hazard expected annual loss adds buildings, agriculture and population equivalence; this table gives the property part and the population-equivalence part as separate rows.

Social vulnerability: higher means people are more likely to be harmed and slower to recover. Community resilience: lower means the community is less able to recover. High social vulnerability and low resilience both raise the NRI risk rating.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-c: repetitive loss properties

Repetitive loss in this county, both definitions

Sources: 1, 4

Definition	Properties	Severe repetitive loss	Properties
Repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)	0	Severe repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)	0
Repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition	6	Severe repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition	0

The state NFIP coordinator's list, the source FEMA's Handbook names, often uses the NFIP insurance definition (second row).

Repeat-flood properties: county and state-level rows

Sources: 1, 4

Scope	RL, NFIPproperties	Any categoryproperties	Currently insuredproperties
County total	6	6	1
of which: Hollywood town	1	1	0
of which: Scottsboro city	3	3	1
of which: Stevenson city	2	2	0
Statewide, no county in FEMA's file	3	3	0

The statewide row counts properties FEMA's file gives with no county in this state; they are listed for reference and are not in this county's counts.

Repeat-flood properties by jurisdiction in the plan (NFIP community)

Sources: 1, 4

Jurisdiction	NFIP community ID	RL, NFIPproperties	Any categoryproperties	Currently insuredproperties
Jackson County (unincorporated area)	010110	0	0	0
Bridgeport city	015009	0	0	0
Dutton town	010353	0	0	0
Hollywood town	010111	1	1	0
Hytop town	010495	0	0	0
Langston town	010502	0	0	0
Paint Rock town	010214	0	0	0
Pisgah town	010360	0	0	0
Pleasant Groves town	010496	0	0	0
Scottsboro city	010112	3	3	1
Section town	010362	0	0	0
Skyline town	010497	0	0	0
Stevenson city	010113	2	2	0
Woodville town	010114	0	0	0

Counts by occupancy group for each jurisdiction are in the Excel file, sheet "B2-c Jurisdictions".

Jurisdiction rows are whole NFIP communities and need not add up to the county total: a community that extends into another county is counted in full on each jurisdiction row, while the county table counts only its part in this county.

County repeat-flood properties by occupancy group

Sources: 1, 4

Occupancy group	RL, NFIPproperties	Any categoryproperties	Currently insuredproperties
single-family residential	5	5	1
2 to 4 unit residential	0	0	0
other residential	0	0	0
non-residential	1	1	0
not reported	0	0	0

FEMA's occupancy groups have no institutional class; institutional properties are counted in non-residential or other residential in the table by occupancy group.

FMA RL and FMA SRL are the Flood Mitigation Assistance definitions (44 CFR 77.2), the ones the FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide cites. NFIP repetitive loss (the FEMA insurance definition) is 2 or more claims over $1,000 in 10 years, and a property can leave that group once it is mitigated. Also shown: NFIP severe repetitive loss, any category, mitigated and currently insured. The Methods page gives the OpenFEMA field details.

Counts are aggregates of FEMA's public NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (FEMA's data date 2026-08-02; file version 2026-08-04). No property is identified. County assignment is FEMA's geocode.

In this county 0 properties are FMA repetitive loss but not NFIP repetitive loss, and 6 properties are NFIP repetitive loss but not FMA repetitive loss.

Exact counts; no count suppression.

Sources

Tables cite these sources by number. The full list, for the plan's bibliography (FEMA review item A4-a):

FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-29T134039Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)
FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-29T162832Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)
FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-29T150754Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)
FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/NfipMultipleLossProperties (API)
FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_Counties.zip (download, 25 MB), https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_CensusTracts.zip (download, 635 MB)
NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/
NOAA National Weather Service, NWS county-public forecast zones correlation file, version bp03mr20 to bp16ap26 (11 files; newest bp16ap26), pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.weather.gov/gis/ZoneCounty
U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2024 Gazetteer, 2020 place by county, CT county-to-cousub crosswalk, version 2024-gazetteer, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_counties_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_cousubs_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_place_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_unsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_elsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_scsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/codes2020/national_place_by_county2020.txt, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ct_change/ct_cou_to_cousub_crosswalk.xlsx (used to match place names and codes; no table prints its values)

What this packet is and what the plan adds

This packet is the federal data for the plan's risk assessment (the summary on page 1 says how it is organized); the plan and FEMA's review decide whether each item is met.

The plan adds what only the community has: local data on assets, critical facilities, development and each jurisdiction's impacts; local hazard history, including state-declared emergencies; the mitigation strategy; and adoption.

How the federal data are built: National Risk Index values are FEMA's model, not counts of events. Storm Events is more complete from 1996; zone-level records are placed by forecast zone, not by location in the county. Public Assistance for a jurisdiction is matched by applicant name. The Methods page gives every rule and the known edge cases.

OpenFEMA disclaimer

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

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Cite this: Hazard Plain (2026). Jackson County, AL: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-30; County FIPS 01071). Automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/al/01071/ Built from FEMA OpenFEMA, the FEMA National Risk Index and NOAA NCEI Storm Events; source versions in the packet's Sources list.

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