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Most disaster-prone counties in Alabama

Alabama has 1,731 county-level FEMA disaster declarations across 67 counties. The dominant hazard type is hurricane. Mobile County leads with 40 declarations, followed by Jefferson County and Baldwin County.

This ranking shows every county in Alabama ordered by how many times FEMA has issued a disaster declaration affecting it. Counties near coastlines, river systems, or wildfire corridors tend to appear at the top because the same geographic exposure produces recurring events across decades.

Each county links to a full disaster history page with the complete declaration timeline, hazard type breakdown, decade trends, and whatever FEMA spending data is available. For a national view, see the most disaster-prone counties in America page.

Alabama ranking

All counties by FEMA declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTop hazardFirst yearLatest year
1Mobile County40Hurricane19692024
2Jefferson County39Severe Storm19702024
3Baldwin County38Hurricane19692024
4DeKalb County34Severe Storm19732024
5Covington County33Hurricane19752024
6Dale County33Severe Storm19752024
7Geneva County33Hurricane19752024
8Cullman County32Severe Storm19732024
9Coffee County30Hurricane19752024
10St. Clair County30Severe Storm19732024
11Crenshaw County29Hurricane19752024
12Etowah County29Severe Storm19732024
13Marshall County29Severe Storm19732024
14Barbour County28Severe Storm19752024
15Butler County28Hurricane19772024
16Choctaw County28Hurricane19732024
17Clarke County28Hurricane19732024
18Henry County28Severe Storm19752024
19Houston County28Hurricane19752024
20Jackson County28Severe Storm19732024
21Tuscaloosa County28Severe Storm19732024
22Conecuh County27Hurricane19752024
23Dallas County27Hurricane19752024
24Escambia County27Hurricane19732024
25Washington County27Hurricane19752024
26Lamar County26Severe Storm19732024
27Macon County26Hurricane19752024
28Marion County26Severe Storm19732024
29Monroe County26Hurricane19752024
30Shelby County26Severe Storm19732024
31Blount County25Severe Storm19742024
32Cherokee County25Severe Storm19742024
33Randolph County25Severe Storm19772024
34Talladega County25Hurricane19732024
35Walker County25Severe Storm19732024
36Winston County25Severe Storm19732024
37Autauga County24Hurricane19772024
38Bullock County24Hurricane19752024
39Chilton County24Hurricane19732024
40Clay County24Hurricane19772024
41Colbert County24Severe Storm19732024
42Elmore County24Hurricane19752024
43Montgomery County24Hurricane19752024
44Morgan County24Severe Storm19732024
45Perry County24Hurricane19732024
46Russell County24Severe Storm19752024
47Calhoun County23Severe Storm19772024
48Chambers County23Severe Storm19702024
49Coosa County23Hurricane19772024
50Hale County23Hurricane19732024
51Pike County23Hurricane19752024
52Cleburne County22Hurricane19742024
53Franklin County22Severe Storm19732024
54Greene County22Hurricane19732024
55Lawrence County22Severe Storm19732024
56Lee County22Hurricane19752024
57Limestone County22Severe Storm19732024
58Wilcox County22Hurricane19732024
59Fayette County21Severe Storm19742024
60Madison County21Severe Storm19732024
61Bibb County20Hurricane19732024
62Lauderdale County20Hurricane19732024
63Lowndes County20Hurricane19752024
64Marengo County20Hurricane19772024
65Sumter County20Hurricane19732024
66Tallapoosa County20Hurricane19772024
67Pickens County19Hurricane19742024