FEMA NRI 1.19.0Updated Nov 2023 · Coverage 2014–2023Methodology

Georgia Disaster Risk

Natural disaster risk data for all 159 counties.

Avg FEMA Rating

Very Low

Avg Percentile

40th

Counties with Data

159

of 159 total

County risk atlas

Georgia hazard exposure by county

A compact 2.5D surface of FEMA National Risk Index percentiles. Toggle composite, flood, wildfire, hurricane, tornado, and earthquake risk to see which counties carry the highest relative exposure without loading the full national explorer dataset.

Counties

159/159

Avg composite

40th

Risk layers

Highest Risk Counties

Chatham County

Relatively High

97th percentile

Fulton County

Relatively High

96th percentile

Gwinnett County

Relatively High

95th percentile

Cobb County

Relatively High

94th percentile

DeKalb County

Relatively Moderate

94th percentile

Lowest Risk Counties

Echols County

Very Low

1th percentile

Schley County

Very Low

1th percentile

Taliaferro County

Very Low

1th percentile

Glascock County

Very Low

1th percentile

Chattahoochee County

Very Low

2th percentile

All Georgia Counties

County	Percentile	FEMA Rating	Flood	Wildfire	Tornado	Earthquake
Chatham County	97th	Relatively High	96.0	92.4	77.4	94.4
Fulton County	96th	Relatively High	97.7	52.9	97.0	96.0
Gwinnett County	95th	Relatively High	97.4	46.2	97.5	93.3
Cobb County	94th	Relatively High	96.1	51.7	98.3	92.3
DeKalb County	94th	Relatively Moderate	96.2	43.7	96.1	94.8
Richmond County	87th	Relatively Moderate	86.5	67.1	95.2	90.0
Clayton County	87th	Relatively Moderate	87.8	34.4	95.8	84.9
Forsyth County	86th	Relatively Moderate	90.0	48.3	94.3	82.8
Cherokee County	85th	Relatively Moderate	88.5	58.8	94.8	78.9
Hall County	84th	Relatively Moderate	86.2	50.4	94.1	84.3
Glynn County	84th	Relatively Moderate	89.6	92.1	43.1	79.5
Liberty County	83th	Relatively Moderate	52.3	76.1	35.9	75.6
Dougherty County	83th	Relatively Moderate	87.6	70.4	79.2	77.4
Floyd County	82th	Relatively Moderate	82.4	74.4	94.8	85.1
Muscogee County	82th	Relatively Moderate	87.3	61.1	71.3	84.4
Whitfield County	81th	Relatively Moderate	75.5	58.0	94.0	90.6
Henry County	79th	Relatively Low	84.5	43.0	89.5	77.0
Bibb County	78th	Relatively Low	80.4	73.0	87.7	77.0
Columbia County	77th	Relatively Low	82.7	65.2	86.2	82.5
Decatur County	76th	Relatively Low	77.0	64.0	80.8	40.4
Bulloch County	75th	Relatively Low	60.6	64.0	80.2	86.9
Lowndes County	73th	Relatively Low	70.3	72.5	73.8	66.7
Walker County	72th	Relatively Low	65.5	60.9	93.1	79.6
Colquitt County	71th	Relatively Low	59.6	69.0	85.4	56.5
Houston County	70th	Relatively Low	71.6	68.1	79.4	79.1
Carroll County	70th	Relatively Low	70.8	78.7	91.8	76.2
Paulding County	70th	Relatively Low	73.9	65.3	88.9	67.1
Tattnall County	68th	Relatively Low	37.8	63.1	52.3	71.2
Gilmer County	68th	Relatively Low	75.3	71.3	75.3	72.0
Gordon County	67th	Relatively Low	62.1	54.7	77.0	79.4
Clarke County	67th	Relatively Low	70.7	25.6	79.4	83.3
Bryan County	67th	Relatively Low	63.8	80.0	40.6	63.2
McIntosh County	67th	Relatively Low	70.2	87.2	18.4	49.3
Thomas County	66th	Relatively Low	57.3	71.2	51.2	48.4
Douglas County	66th	Relatively Low	70.5	43.1	85.0	76.0
Coweta County	66th	Relatively Low	72.1	47.6	80.7	69.5
Bartow County	65th	Relatively Low	67.8	62.2	87.1	81.0
Catoosa County	65th	Relatively Low	65.0	37.5	84.5	78.7
Polk County	64th	Relatively Low	66.0	71.5	86.3	74.8
Mitchell County	63th	Relatively Low	52.8	56.1	81.6	47.4
Fayette County	61th	Relatively Low	70.6	34.2	80.7	73.1
Troup County	60th	Relatively Low	67.7	58.9	74.7	71.7
Coffee County	60th	Relatively Low	51.1	68.2	75.5	71.2
Effingham County	59th	Relatively Low	51.8	72.3	46.9	74.2
Fannin County	56th	Relatively Low	66.1	76.3	63.9	72.4
Rockdale County	56th	Relatively Low	63.4	35.9	77.1	73.6
Tift County	56th	Relatively Low	46.9	55.7	78.1	62.2
Walton County	55th	Relatively Low	65.2	35.9	73.8	72.1
Camden County	55th	Relatively Low	71.6	84.4	50.0	55.3
Chattooga County	54th	Relatively Low	59.5	54.3	84.5	67.6
Putnam County	53th	Relatively Low	67.9	63.1	49.4	59.3
Sumter County	53th	Relatively Low	53.5	64.5	65.4	64.0
Grady County	53th	Relatively Low	40.7	62.7	76.1	31.5
Union County	52th	Relatively Low	58.7	71.9	63.2	64.4
Crisp County	52th	Relatively Low	56.7	61.1	74.2	63.6
Murray County	51th	Relatively Low	49.6	53.3	77.7	79.7
Newton County	51th	Relatively Low	61.8	40.4	73.3	62.2
Laurens County	51th	Relatively Low	56.7	65.7	50.1	72.9
Appling County	50th	Relatively Low	24.0	52.9	46.4	53.0
Baldwin County	50th	Relatively Low	63.2	66.9	51.9	73.1
Ware County	49th	Relatively Low	46.1	73.7	62.2	66.4
White County	46th	Relatively Low	46.2	50.9	61.3	59.9
Barrow County	46th	Relatively Low	58.1	19.6	66.4	66.3
Rabun County	45th	Relatively Low	58.1	64.1	45.2	50.3
Lumpkin County	45th	Relatively Low	50.5	46.0	61.7	57.6
Dodge County	45th	Relatively Low	31.6	60.8	30.3	51.2
Wayne County	45th	Relatively Low	30.2	61.7	52.7	64.4
Screven County	44th	Relatively Low	23.1	54.2	44.8	68.7
Early County	43th	Relatively Low	32.4	49.9	62.2	36.4
Toombs County	43th	Very Low	37.8	53.5	63.8	67.1
Brooks County	42th	Very Low	31.1	56.4	58.6	34.5
Jackson County	42th	Very Low	47.4	28.8	69.4	67.7
Spalding County	41th	Very Low	54.1	37.9	62.2	67.2
Emanuel County	40th	Very Low	34.1	52.5	58.8	72.5
Towns County	40th	Very Low	53.6	53.8	48.1	48.1
Berrien County	39th	Very Low	30.1	53.7	58.1	43.4
Habersham County	39th	Very Low	44.1	48.6	60.7	63.8
Burke County	37th	Very Low	31.3	59.7	58.6	75.9
Greene County	37th	Very Low	54.4	57.6	42.3	58.6
Worth County	36th	Very Low	26.0	53.4	68.1	41.9
Hart County	35th	Very Low	43.3	23.2	51.9	68.4
Cook County	35th	Very Low	27.0	45.6	53.0	43.9
Pickens County	35th	Very Low	45.3	59.8	62.4	59.0
Stephens County	33th	Very Low	44.0	37.0	56.8	71.9
Dade County	33th	Very Low	37.3	50.0	74.0	56.4
Franklin County	33th	Very Low	43.1	27.6	53.8	63.1
Macon County	32th	Very Low	33.0	43.2	34.6	46.1
Elbert County	31th	Very Low	35.8	41.1	40.9	71.6
Seminole County	29th	Very Low	29.5	36.0	40.7	25.2
Lee County	29th	Very Low	35.1	60.2	66.4	45.6
Madison County	29th	Very Low	34.4	29.7	58.5	61.6
Jeff Davis County	28th	Very Low	21.9	50.1	51.4	50.2
Haralson County	28th	Very Low	39.2	69.4	58.2	60.8
Charlton County	27th	Very Low	18.4	72.2	27.2	35.8
Jefferson County	26th	Very Low	24.3	51.5	46.8	65.8
Bleckley County	26th	Very Low	16.0	49.0	28.4	50.0
Ben Hill County	25th	Very Low	23.3	42.4	64.7	58.8
McDuffie County	25th	Very Low	28.2	60.0	60.0	64.7
Washington County	24th	Very Low	26.2	53.8	36.2	64.3
Telfair County	24th	Very Low	27.8	45.3	52.2	48.9
Pierce County	23th	Very Low	18.3	69.0	36.6	42.4
Peach County	22th	Very Low	22.7	56.3	27.0	51.6
Evans County	22th	Very Low	20.8	48.0	33.7	59.2
Dawson County	22th	Very Low	33.9	33.5	51.5	50.9
Miller County	21th	Very Low	17.5	36.0	39.3	27.9
Harris County	21th	Very Low	39.7	49.0	36.7	41.5
Clinch County	21th	Very Low	29.0	54.2	29.9	36.1
Bacon County	21th	Very Low	15.4	56.6	37.5	50.2
Butts County	21th	Very Low	32.1	38.6	44.9	48.7
Oconee County	19th	Very Low	35.0	25.9	40.5	56.7
Morgan County	19th	Very Low	38.4	38.3	38.7	52.3
Meriwether County	19th	Very Low	35.3	44.7	45.1	50.0
Monroe County	19th	Very Low	32.0	53.4	42.1	49.3
Brantley County	18th	Very Low	20.2	67.8	30.7	41.7
Pulaski County	18th	Very Low	20.7	56.2	27.9	44.6
Randolph County	17th	Very Low	9.8	37.6	50.3	33.2
Upson County	17th	Very Low	31.7	41.6	39.0	50.7
Turner County	17th	Very Low	8.3	39.6	49.4	42.6
Terrell County	17th	Very Low	12.9	41.5	50.1	40.1
Jones County	16th	Very Low	28.0	60.1	40.0	46.7
Calhoun County	16th	Very Low	7.7	29.3	43.0	31.9
Dooly County	15th	Very Low	15.6	42.7	28.9	38.9
Irwin County	14th	Very Low	7.8	23.3	35.0	36.1
Wilcox County	13th	Very Low	9.2	40.0	40.3	37.7
Wilkes County	13th	Very Low	15.7	34.7	29.3	59.9
Heard County	13th	Very Low	22.3	51.6	51.7	40.8
Banks County	12th	Very Low	19.7	24.4	37.3	44.7
Hancock County	12th	Very Low	26.9	54.1	28.8	44.3
Candler County	12th	Very Low	12.4	35.1	32.8	53.1
Jenkins County	11th	Very Low	15.0	32.1	30.7	56.0
Taylor County	10th	Very Low	16.8	48.0	32.0	35.8
Baker County	10th	Very Low	13.1	30.6	26.7	17.2
Johnson County	9th	Very Low	11.0	45.5	29.6	51.7
Twiggs County	8th	Very Low	13.7	58.2	25.7	38.0
Clay County	8th	Very Low	9.1	36.8	32.9	22.4
Quitman County	8th	Very Low	4.7	39.5	27.5	17.6
Oglethorpe County	8th	Very Low	13.8	29.4	28.7	44.4
Jasper County	8th	Very Low	19.9	41.4	30.6	39.6
Pike County	8th	Very Low	20.2	33.7	29.7	39.8
Long County	8th	Very Low	20.0	61.0	25.9	35.7
Montgomery County	8th	Very Low	14.8	37.1	32.0	39.1
Lamar County	8th	Very Low	15.2	34.9	34.7	40.1
Atkinson County	7th	Very Low	8.4	43.4	28.8	35.3
Lanier County	7th	Very Low	8.1	42.1	31.1	28.8
Marion County	7th	Very Low	12.8	49.5	25.3	30.5
Wheeler County	6th	Very Low	10.2	34.0	31.4	35.9
Stewart County	6th	Very Low	8.5	43.9	44.4	31.5
Lincoln County	6th	Very Low	12.7	39.0	33.9	44.9
Warren County	5th	Very Low	10.9	41.6	28.7	46.8
Wilkinson County	5th	Very Low	8.8	41.9	16.6	35.9
Crawford County	4th	Very Low	8.3	44.2	22.6	25.1
Talbot County	3th	Very Low	9.8	40.5	26.7	27.3
Webster County	2th	Very Low	2.7	29.0	18.2	22.3
Treutlen County	2th	Very Low	5.2	26.5	22.5	28.2
Chattahoochee County	2th	Very Low	5.0	35.0	20.4	25.8
Glascock County	1th	Very Low	2.6	29.9	17.6	32.5
Taliaferro County	1th	Very Low	2.4	18.3	11.4	26.6
Schley County	1th	Very Low	1.8	21.8	14.1	20.3
Echols County	1th	Very Low	1.3	30.4	12.6	13.9

Frequently Asked Questions

Which county in Georgia has the highest natural disaster risk?

Chatham County has the highest natural disaster risk in Georgia, rated Relatively High (97th percentile nationally), based on FEMA National Risk Index data.

Which county in Georgia is the safest from natural disasters?

Echols County has the lowest natural disaster risk in Georgia, rated Very Low (1th percentile nationally), based on FEMA NRI data.

What natural disasters are most common in Georgia?

Georgia counties face varying levels of risk from floods, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes, and hurricanes. The FEMA National Risk Index scores each county across 18 hazard types. See individual county pages for detailed hazard breakdowns.

How is natural disaster risk measured by county?

The FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) measures natural disaster risk using expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Scores are normalized nationally, with ratings from Very Low to Very High across 18 natural hazard types.

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Data Source

Risk data sourced from the FEMA National Risk Index (NRI). Risk scores are relative rankings (0–100) across all US counties — not absolute risk measures. Higher scores indicate higher relative risk compared to other counties.

Disclaimer: This data is informational only. It is not financial, insurance, or legal advice. Always consult a qualified professional before making insurance or real estate decisions.

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