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Natural hazards in Prichard · FEMA

Storms, floods and disasters in Prichard

Prichard isn’t graded for hazard risk: Prichard has 389 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.

Flood claims
0
paid since 1978 · $0
Disasters paid out here
7
of 28 declared for Wayne County
By hazard

What Prichard 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

97%of expected building damage
Well above average · in the top 1% of U.S. census tracts
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area
Smaller shares here
 Wildfire Tornadoes Hail Strong wind Earthquakes Ice storms Hurricanes Cold waves top 1% Winter storms Heat waves Landslides top 4% Lightning
FEMA models no building damage here
Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

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.

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 Prichard flood? No paid flood claims on record

FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Prichard. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.

of homes in flood zones are insured
of all homes are insured
No community discount

Prichard isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Wayne County.
Disasters

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Prichard

Disasters that paid out in Prichard itself (aid to households or repair grants to Prichard), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.

  1. 2025Severe Storm, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides8 households applied for aid$14K aid approved
  2. 2024Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides6 households applied for aid$27K aid approved
  3. 2021Severe Storms and Flooding3 households applied for aid$9K aid approved
  4. 2012Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides3 households applied for aid$1K aid approved
  5. 2004Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides3 households applied for aid$1K aid approved
  6. 2003Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides3 households applied for aid$6K aid approved
Show all 7
  1. 2003Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides29 households applied for aid$67K aid approved
Disasters declared, by decade
Paid out in PrichardWayne County only

Wayne County has had 28 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.

Also 1 FEMA wildfire suppression grant (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Wayne County, 2001–2001.

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Get ready for what Prichard faces

A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.

When the river rises
  • 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.
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Before you buy or rent
  • 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.
When a storm is coming
Forecast and alertsWeather →911, the nearest ERSafety →

Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.

Questions about natural hazards in Prichard

Is Prichard 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 Wayne County, 9% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.0% of all homes do.

How much is flood insurance in Prichard?

FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Prichard’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 Prichard?

By FEMA money that reached Prichard, Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides (2003): 29 households applied for aid, $67K approved.

Storm stories

Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Prichard.

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Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Prichard’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.