Natural hazards · Ambrose

Ambrose, GA natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ambrose to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes39%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes13%Drought8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Ambrose faces

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

Hurricanes

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 28 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Ambrose flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Coffee County.

Disasters that hit Ambrose

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AmbroseDeclared for Coffee County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

635 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $31K to the City of Ambrose for repairs

2018

Hurricane Michael

$30K to the City of Ambrose for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

35 households applied for aid $29K aid approved $27K to the City of Ambrose for repairs

2009

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

10 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Coffee County has had 15 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. Ambrose 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 Ambrose’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ambrose. 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.