Storms, floods and disasters in Greers Ferry
Greers Ferry isn’t graded for hazard risk: Greers Ferry has 778 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Greers Ferry faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
Ice storms
Earthquakes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Greers Ferry flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Greers Ferry. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Greers Ferry isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cleburne County.6 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Greers Ferry
Disasters that paid out in Greers Ferry itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Greers Ferry), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2011Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Associated Flooding$33K to the City of Greers Ferry for repairs
- 2008Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes25 households applied for aid$75K aid approved$40K to the City of Greers Ferry for repairs
- 2008Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding2 households applied for aid$5K to the City of Greers Ferry for repairs
- 2003Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding$30K to the City of Greers Ferry for repairs
- 2001Severe Storms and Flooding$41K to the City of Greers Ferry for repairs
- 2000Severe Winter Ice Storm$18K to the City of Greers Ferry for repairs
Cleburne County has had 19 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Ice brings down trees and lines: plan for days without power.
- Run a generator outside, far from doors and windows.
- Keep sand or salt by the door.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Greers Ferry
Is Greers Ferry in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Cleburne County, 12% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.8% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Greers Ferry?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Greers Ferry’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Greers Ferry?
By FEMA money that reached Greers Ferry, Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes (2008): 25 households applied for aid, $75K approved, and $40K to the City of Greers Ferry for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Greers Ferry.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Greers Ferry’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.