This directory holds three roofing listings for Cottonwood, Alabama. None of them has a Google rating matched to it yet, so what follows is contact detail rather than reputation data.
All of them are recorded in Houston County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Cottonwood goes through Houston County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.
Hiring a roofer in Cottonwood: what this page knows
Alabama requires a state contractor license once a project reaches $2,500; below that a Cottonwood job needs no state license but still needs a local permit. The Alabama roofing license rules explain the threshold and where it stops applying.
Alabama's peak severe-weather season: March–May, with a secondary autumn season. The Alabama storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 244 severe-weather events for Houston County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put Cottonwood in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a tornado rated EF1 on May 25, 2026.
We have not modeled a cost index for Cottonwood. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both.
All Listings in Cottonwood
3 listings
Licensing for roofers working in Cottonwood
Alabama does not license roofers as a trade at every job size. A state contractor credential becomes necessary once a project reaches $2,500, and it is issued by the Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board.
Below that figure a Cottonwood roofer needs no state license — but the threshold is about state licensure only. It never exempts the work from a permit and an inspection through Houston County or the city.
Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board. Checked August 2026. Licensing rules change — verify before you sign anything.
What roofing work costs
We have not modeled a cost index for Cottonwood, so there is no Cottonwood figure here. These are the national baseline bands, unadjusted.
National reference bands, not quotes and not local numbers. Local labor rates, permit fees and access all move them.
All roofing cost guidesOther Houston County towns with listings
Same county, same inspections department, same code — these are the other Houston County places this directory has roofers for.
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Storm history in Houston County
Cottonwood has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put Cottonwood in Houston County. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in Cottonwood.
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 244 severe-weather events recorded against Houston County between 2016 and 2026: 203 thunderstorm wind events, 29 tornadoes and 12 hail reports.
Of the 12 hail reports, 10 measured 1.00 in across or larger and 2 measured under an inch. The largest on record is 2.75 in (Softball+) on January 9, 2024.
The strongest wind gust in the record is 74 kt (about 85 mph), an estimated gust, on January 2, 2017. The county record holds 29 tornadoes over the same period.
The busiest complete year in the record is 2023, with 41 events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a tornado rated EF1 on May 25, 2026.
Events on record
244
2016–2026
Hail 1.00 in or larger
10
of 12 hail reports
Largest hail
2.75 in
Softball+ · January 9, 2024
Peak gust
74 kt
about 85 mph · January 2, 2017
Tornadoes
29
in the county record
Significant events
47
by this dataset's definition
Events recorded per year
- 2016
- 23
- 2017
- 8
- 2018
- 27
- 2019
- 12
- 2020
- 25
- 2021
- 22
- 2022
- 22
- 2023
- 41
- 2024
- 18
- 2025
- 16
- 2026*
- 30
* The most recent data year is partial. NOAA publishes storm reports on a rolling basis and the final months are still being processed, so a low count in the last year is not evidence of a quiet year. The curated archive behind these counts runs through May 31, 2026; anything later sits in the preliminary block below.
Notable events in the archive
- Jan 9, 2024 -- Hail (Softball+ hail, 2.75 in)
- Jan 9, 2024 -- Tornado (EF2) -- $6.00M property damage reported
- Jan 2, 2017 -- Thunderstorm Wind (74 kt gust) -- $100K property damage reported
- Jan 2, 2017 -- Tornado (EF2) -- $500K property damage reported
Selected by the dataset’s own rule rather than by editorial choice: the largest hail, the peak wind gust, the strongest tornado and the two costliest events by recorded property damage, deduplicated and newest first. Any dollar figure above is NOAA’s recorded estimate for that one event.
Preliminary — not yet in the permanent archive
57 preliminary storm reports have been filed for Houston County since June 1, 2026: 57 thunderstorm wind events.
Preliminary reports covering 2026-05-31 onward come from National Weather Service storm reports filed as events occur. They have not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive, and individual reports may later be revised, combined or withdrawn. NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.
What these counts cover. County figures count events NOAA recorded against a county (hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes). High wind, winter storms, ice storms, blizzards, heavy snow, hurricanes and tropical storms are recorded against National Weather Service forecast zones rather than counties, so they are reported at state level instead. Counts reflect events that were observed and reported.
“Significant” on this page means an event meeting any one of three tests: hail 1.00 in across or larger, a wind gust of 58 kt or more (the National Weather Service severe thunderstorm criterion), or any tornado. It is a severity definition used by this dataset and is not an official NOAA classification.
The damage figure. $8,891,000 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in Houston County over the period — a county total, not a figure for any one property, any one building or any one claim. NOAA records these figures as estimates made at the time of reporting. They are not adjusted for inflation, and they are frequently absent or zero — a zero means nothing was recorded, not that nothing was damaged.
Source. Archived figures come from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database, covering 2016 through May 31, 2026. Anything after that date comes from NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports and is labelled preliminary wherever it appears. Both are US Government works in the public domain.
Roofing in Cottonwood, AL: questions answered from the data
How many roofing contractors are listed in Cottonwood, AL?
3 roofing listings are recorded at Cottonwood, Alabama addresses in this directory. The count is read from the directory's own database each time this page is rebuilt; a listing is a location record, and the list above shows one card per company.
Does Alabama require a roofing license?
Only above a contract value. Alabama requires a state contractor license once a project reaches $2,500; below that a Cottonwood job needs no state license but still needs a local permit. The Alabama roofing license rules explain the threshold and where it stops applying. You can check a credential on the Alabama authority's own site.
How much does a roof replacement cost in Cottonwood?
We have not modeled a cost index for Cottonwood. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both. Nobody has priced your roof from this page; the only number worth planning around is a written quote from a contractor who has been on it.
When is storm season in Cottonwood?
Alabama's peak severe-weather season: March–May, with a secondary autumn season. The Alabama storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. Season boundaries are National Weather Service climatology for the state, not a forecast for any one property.
What was the most recent severe storm recorded near Cottonwood?
In NOAA's record for Houston County, the most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition — hail 1.00 in or larger, a 58 kt gust, or any tornado — was a tornado rated EF1 on May 25, 2026. The Houston County storm history on this page shows the full 2016–2026 record; it describes weather that happened, not the condition of any building.
Which county handles roofing permits in Cottonwood?
Every listing on this page is recorded in Houston County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Cottonwood goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.