Natural hazards · Abbeville

Abbeville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Abbeville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Abbeville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Abbeville to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding25%Hurricanes23%Tornadoes19%Drought9%Strong wind8%Heat waves7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Abbeville faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 28 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

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 Abbeville flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Abbeville.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Abbeville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Wilcox County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Abbeville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Abbeville itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Abbeville.

Brought FEMA money into AbbevilleDeclared for Wilcox County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

$14K to the City of Abbeville for repairs

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $125K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$6K to the City of Abbeville for repairs

Wilcox County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Abbeville is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Abbeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Abbeville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.