Natural hazards · Auburn

Auburn, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Auburn 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 Auburn?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Auburn to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding54%Tornadoes18%Strong wind6%Lightning6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Auburn faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

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 Auburn flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barrow County.

Disasters that hit Auburn

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AuburnDeclared for Barrow County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$19K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm

$9K to the City of Auburn for repairs

Barrow County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Auburn

Auburn and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mulberrymostly inland floodingLow

Auburnmostly inland floodingLow

Carlmostly inland floodingLow

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. Auburn covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Auburn total about $983K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.