Natural hazards · Ashburn

Ashburn, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ashburn comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ashburn?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ashburn to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes23%Inland flooding21%Strong wind17%Hurricanes17%Cold waves8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Ashburn faces

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

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 55 years in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Ashburn flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Turner County.

Disasters that hit Ashburn

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AshburnDeclared for Turner County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

1 household applied for aid

2018

Hurricane Michael

522 households applied for aid $172K aid approved $217K to the City of Ashburn for repairs

2017

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

207 households applied for aid $404K aid approved

2009

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

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved $18K to the City of Ashburn for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$19K to the City of Ashburn for repairs

Turner County has had 11 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. Ashburn 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 Ashburn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ashburn. 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.