FEMA NRI v1.20Released December 2025Methodology

Georgia Disaster Risk

Natural disaster risk data for all 159 counties.

FEMA release

December 2025

Mean county NRI score

39.5

Counties with Data

159

of 159 total

County risk atlas

Georgia hazard exposure by county

FEMA NRI v1.20 scores on a 0–100 relative scale. Toggle the composite and five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18. Flood is the higher of Coastal Flooding and Inland Flooding NRI scores.

Counties

159/159

Mean county NRI score

39.5

Risk layers

Highest Risk Counties

Chatham County

Relatively High

NRI score 97.4

Fulton County

Relatively High

NRI score 95.8

Gwinnett County

Relatively High

NRI score 95.4

Cobb County

Relatively High

NRI score 94.4

DeKalb County

Relatively Moderate

NRI score 94.3

Lowest Risk Counties

Echols County

Very Low

NRI score 0.5

Schley County

Very Low

NRI score 0.6

Taliaferro County

Very Low

NRI score 0.7

Glascock County

Very Low

NRI score 0.9

Chattahoochee County

Very Low

NRI score 2.0

All Georgia Counties

County	NRI score	FEMA Rating	Flood	Wildfire	Tornado	Earthquake
Chatham County	97.4	Relatively High	96.0	92.4	77.4	94.4
Fulton County	95.8	Relatively High	97.7	52.9	97.0	96.0
Gwinnett County	95.4	Relatively High	97.4	46.2	97.5	93.3
Cobb County	94.4	Relatively High	96.1	51.7	98.3	92.3
DeKalb County	94.3	Relatively Moderate	96.2	43.7	96.1	94.8
Richmond County	87.4	Relatively Moderate	86.5	67.1	95.2	90.0
Clayton County	86.7	Relatively Moderate	87.8	34.4	95.8	84.9
Forsyth County	86.1	Relatively Moderate	90.0	48.3	94.3	82.8
Cherokee County	85.3	Relatively Moderate	88.5	58.8	94.8	78.9
Hall County	84.3	Relatively Moderate	86.2	50.4	94.1	84.3
Glynn County	83.7	Relatively Moderate	89.6	92.1	43.1	79.5
Liberty County	83.0	Relatively Moderate	52.3	76.1	35.9	75.6
Dougherty County	82.8	Relatively Moderate	87.6	70.4	79.2	77.4
Floyd County	82.0	Relatively Moderate	82.4	74.4	94.8	85.1
Muscogee County	81.6	Relatively Moderate	87.3	61.1	71.3	84.4
Whitfield County	81.5	Relatively Moderate	75.5	58.0	94.0	90.6
Henry County	79.4	Relatively Low	84.5	43.0	89.5	77.0
Bibb County	78.5	Relatively Low	80.4	73.0	87.7	77.0
Columbia County	76.8	Relatively Low	82.7	65.2	86.2	82.5
Decatur County	75.9	Relatively Low	77.0	64.0	80.8	40.4
Bulloch County	75.4	Relatively Low	60.6	64.0	80.2	86.9
Lowndes County	72.6	Relatively Low	70.3	72.5	73.8	66.7
Walker County	72.0	Relatively Low	65.5	60.9	93.1	79.6
Colquitt County	70.5	Relatively Low	59.6	69.0	85.4	56.5
Houston County	70.5	Relatively Low	71.6	68.1	79.4	79.1
Carroll County	70.5	Relatively Low	70.8	78.7	91.8	76.2
Paulding County	70.0	Relatively Low	73.9	65.3	88.9	67.1
Tattnall County	68.4	Relatively Low	37.8	63.1	52.3	71.2
Gilmer County	68.1	Relatively Low	75.3	71.3	75.3	72.0
Gordon County	67.2	Relatively Low	62.1	54.7	77.0	79.4
Clarke County	67.0	Relatively Low	70.7	25.6	79.4	83.3
Bryan County	66.6	Relatively Low	63.8	80.0	40.6	63.2
McIntosh County	66.6	Relatively Low	70.2	87.2	18.4	49.3
Thomas County	66.0	Relatively Low	57.3	71.2	51.2	48.4
Douglas County	65.7	Relatively Low	70.5	43.1	85.0	76.0
Coweta County	65.6	Relatively Low	72.1	47.6	80.7	69.5
Bartow County	65.3	Relatively Low	67.8	62.2	87.1	81.0
Catoosa County	64.6	Relatively Low	65.0	37.5	84.5	78.7
Polk County	64.1	Relatively Low	66.0	71.5	86.3	74.8
Mitchell County	63.0	Relatively Low	52.8	56.1	81.6	47.4
Fayette County	61.3	Relatively Low	70.6	34.2	80.7	73.1
Troup County	59.9	Relatively Low	67.7	58.9	74.7	71.7
Coffee County	59.6	Relatively Low	51.1	68.2	75.5	71.2
Effingham County	59.1	Relatively Low	51.8	72.3	46.9	74.2
Fannin County	56.5	Relatively Low	66.1	76.3	63.9	72.4
Rockdale County	56.2	Relatively Low	63.4	35.9	77.1	73.6
Tift County	56.0	Relatively Low	46.9	55.7	78.1	62.2
Walton County	55.0	Relatively Low	65.2	35.9	73.8	72.1
Camden County	54.5	Relatively Low	71.6	84.4	50.0	55.3
Chattooga County	54.4	Relatively Low	59.5	54.3	84.5	67.6
Putnam County	53.3	Relatively Low	67.9	63.1	49.4	59.3
Sumter County	53.2	Relatively Low	53.5	64.5	65.4	64.0
Grady County	53.0	Relatively Low	40.7	62.7	76.1	31.5
Union County	52.5	Relatively Low	58.7	71.9	63.2	64.4
Crisp County	52.3	Relatively Low	56.7	61.1	74.2	63.6
Murray County	51.5	Relatively Low	49.6	53.3	77.7	79.7
Newton County	50.6	Relatively Low	61.8	40.4	73.3	62.2
Laurens County	50.5	Relatively Low	56.7	65.7	50.1	72.9
Appling County	50.2	Relatively Low	24.0	52.9	46.4	53.0
Baldwin County	50.0	Relatively Low	63.2	66.9	51.9	73.1
Ware County	49.4	Relatively Low	46.1	73.7	62.2	66.4
White County	45.7	Relatively Low	46.2	50.9	61.3	59.9
Barrow County	45.6	Relatively Low	58.1	19.6	66.4	66.3
Rabun County	45.3	Relatively Low	58.1	64.1	45.2	50.3
Lumpkin County	44.9	Relatively Low	50.5	46.0	61.7	57.6
Dodge County	44.8	Relatively Low	31.6	60.8	30.3	51.2
Wayne County	44.6	Relatively Low	30.2	61.7	52.7	64.4
Screven County	43.9	Relatively Low	23.1	54.2	44.8	68.7
Early County	43.4	Relatively Low	32.4	49.9	62.2	36.4
Toombs County	42.7	Very Low	37.8	53.5	63.8	67.1
Brooks County	42.1	Very Low	31.1	56.4	58.6	34.5
Jackson County	41.9	Very Low	47.4	28.8	69.4	67.7
Spalding County	40.9	Very Low	54.1	37.9	62.2	67.2
Emanuel County	39.9	Very Low	34.1	52.5	58.8	72.5
Towns County	39.6	Very Low	53.6	53.8	48.1	48.1
Berrien County	39.3	Very Low	30.1	53.7	58.1	43.4
Habersham County	38.9	Very Low	44.1	48.6	60.7	63.8
Burke County	37.3	Very Low	31.3	59.7	58.6	75.9
Greene County	37.2	Very Low	54.4	57.6	42.3	58.6
Worth County	36.5	Very Low	26.0	53.4	68.1	41.9
Hart County	35.4	Very Low	43.3	23.2	51.9	68.4
Cook County	34.8	Very Low	27.0	45.6	53.0	43.9
Pickens County	34.8	Very Low	45.3	59.8	62.4	59.0
Stephens County	33.4	Very Low	44.0	37.0	56.8	71.9
Dade County	33.2	Very Low	37.3	50.0	74.0	56.4
Franklin County	33.1	Very Low	43.1	27.6	53.8	63.1
Macon County	32.1	Very Low	33.0	43.2	34.6	46.1
Elbert County	30.8	Very Low	35.8	41.1	40.9	71.6
Seminole County	29.5	Very Low	29.5	36.0	40.7	25.2
Lee County	29.4	Very Low	35.1	60.2	66.4	45.6
Madison County	28.9	Very Low	34.4	29.7	58.5	61.6
Jeff Davis County	28.2	Very Low	21.9	50.1	51.4	50.2
Haralson County	27.6	Very Low	39.2	69.4	58.2	60.8
Charlton County	26.7	Very Low	18.4	72.2	27.2	35.8
Jefferson County	25.8	Very Low	24.3	51.5	46.8	65.8
Bleckley County	25.7	Very Low	16.0	49.0	28.4	50.0
Ben Hill County	25.4	Very Low	23.3	42.4	64.7	58.8
McDuffie County	25.0	Very Low	28.2	60.0	60.0	64.7
Washington County	23.8	Very Low	26.2	53.8	36.2	64.3
Telfair County	23.5	Very Low	27.8	45.3	52.2	48.9
Pierce County	22.7	Very Low	18.3	69.0	36.6	42.4
Peach County	22.5	Very Low	22.7	56.3	27.0	51.6
Evans County	21.9	Very Low	20.8	48.0	33.7	59.2
Dawson County	21.9	Very Low	33.9	33.5	51.5	50.9
Miller County	20.8	Very Low	17.5	36.0	39.3	27.9
Harris County	20.8	Very Low	39.7	49.0	36.7	41.5
Clinch County	20.7	Very Low	29.0	54.2	29.9	36.1
Bacon County	20.6	Very Low	15.4	56.6	37.5	50.2
Butts County	20.5	Very Low	32.1	38.6	44.9	48.7
Oconee County	19.4	Very Low	35.0	25.9	40.5	56.7
Morgan County	19.4	Very Low	38.4	38.3	38.7	52.3
Meriwether County	19.2	Very Low	35.3	44.7	45.1	50.0
Monroe County	18.7	Very Low	32.0	53.4	42.1	49.3
Brantley County	18.3	Very Low	20.2	67.8	30.7	41.7
Pulaski County	18.2	Very Low	20.7	56.2	27.9	44.6
Randolph County	17.2	Very Low	9.8	37.6	50.3	33.2
Upson County	17.1	Very Low	31.7	41.6	39.0	50.7
Turner County	16.6	Very Low	8.3	39.6	49.4	42.6
Terrell County	16.5	Very Low	12.9	41.5	50.1	40.1
Jones County	16.4	Very Low	28.0	60.1	40.0	46.7
Calhoun County	16.3	Very Low	7.7	29.3	43.0	31.9
Dooly County	14.9	Very Low	15.6	42.7	28.9	38.9
Irwin County	13.6	Very Low	7.8	23.3	35.0	36.1
Wilcox County	13.2	Very Low	9.2	40.0	40.3	37.7
Wilkes County	12.9	Very Low	15.7	34.7	29.3	59.9
Heard County	12.8	Very Low	22.3	51.6	51.7	40.8
Banks County	12.4	Very Low	19.7	24.4	37.3	44.7
Hancock County	11.9	Very Low	26.9	54.1	28.8	44.3
Candler County	11.6	Very Low	12.4	35.1	32.8	53.1
Jenkins County	10.8	Very Low	15.0	32.1	30.7	56.0
Taylor County	10.1	Very Low	16.8	48.0	32.0	35.8
Baker County	9.8	Very Low	13.1	30.6	26.7	17.2
Johnson County	9.3	Very Low	11.0	45.5	29.6	51.7
Twiggs County	8.5	Very Low	13.7	58.2	25.7	38.0
Clay County	8.5	Very Low	9.1	36.8	32.9	22.4
Quitman County	8.3	Very Low	4.7	39.5	27.5	17.6
Oglethorpe County	8.1	Very Low	13.8	29.4	28.7	44.4
Jasper County	8.1	Very Low	19.9	41.4	30.6	39.6
Pike County	8.0	Very Low	20.2	33.7	29.7	39.8
Long County	8.0	Very Low	20.0	61.0	25.9	35.7
Montgomery County	7.8	Very Low	14.8	37.1	32.0	39.1
Lamar County	7.8	Very Low	15.2	34.9	34.7	40.1
Atkinson County	7.3	Very Low	8.4	43.4	28.8	35.3
Lanier County	6.8	Very Low	8.1	42.1	31.1	28.8
Marion County	6.7	Very Low	12.8	49.5	25.3	30.5
Wheeler County	6.4	Very Low	10.2	34.0	31.4	35.9
Stewart County	5.9	Very Low	8.5	43.9	44.4	31.5
Lincoln County	5.5	Very Low	12.7	39.0	33.9	44.9
Warren County	5.3	Very Low	10.9	41.6	28.7	46.8
Wilkinson County	4.6	Very Low	8.8	41.9	16.6	35.9
Crawford County	3.9	Very Low	8.3	44.2	22.6	25.1
Talbot County	2.9	Very Low	9.8	40.5	26.7	27.3
Webster County	2.4	Very Low	2.7	29.0	18.2	22.3
Treutlen County	2.1	Very Low	5.2	26.5	22.5	28.2
Chattahoochee County	2.0	Very Low	5.0	35.0	20.4	25.8
Glascock County	0.9	Very Low	2.6	29.9	17.6	32.5
Taliaferro County	0.7	Very Low	2.4	18.3	11.4	26.6
Schley County	0.6	Very Low	1.8	21.8	14.1	20.3
Echols County	0.5	Very Low	1.3	30.4	12.6	13.9

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Georgia county records are included?

RiskByCounty includes 159 Georgia county records from FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025).

Which FEMA county ratings appear in Georgia?

FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025) county rating counts for Georgia: Very Low: 90; Relatively Low: 53; Relatively Moderate: 12; Relatively High: 4; Very High: 0; Not available: 0.

How complete are the five selected hazard fields for Georgia?

FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025) availability among 159 county records: Flood: 159 of 159; Wildfire: 159 of 159; Tornado: 159 of 159; Earthquake: 159 of 159; Hurricane: 159 of 159. RiskByCounty displays five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18.

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Data Source

County data sourced from FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, released December 2025. Values are labeled NRI score (0–100 relative scale). RiskByCounty displays five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18; flood is the higher of the Coastal Flooding and Inland Flooding source scores.

RiskByCounty presents county-level source fields and deterministic arithmetic summaries.

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