Natural hazards · Allenhurst

Allenhurst, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Allenhurst comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very 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 Allenhurst?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Allenhurst to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes78%Inland flooding15%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Allenhurst faces

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

Hurricanes

78% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Allenhurst flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Liberty County.

Disasters that hit Allenhurst

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AllenhurstDeclared for Liberty County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

542 households applied for aid $346K aid approved

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

50 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

129 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

85 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Liberty County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Allenhurst

Allenhurst and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Allenhurstmostly hurricanesVery high

Hinesvillemostly hurricanesVery high

Walthourvillemostly hurricanesVery high

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. Allenhurst 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 Allenhurst’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Allenhurst. 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.