Natural hazards · Arabi

Arabi, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arabi comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arabi?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arabi to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding28%Drought24%Hurricanes18%Tornadoes16%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Arabi faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

24% of expected damage

Recorded about 32 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years 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 Arabi flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crisp County.

Disasters that hit Arabi

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArabiDeclared for Crisp County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

118 households applied for aid $16K aid approved $72K to the Town of Arabi for repairs

2017

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

2 households applied for aid

Crisp County has had 12 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. Arabi 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 Arabi’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Arabi. 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.