Natural hazards · Axson

Axson, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Axson comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Axson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Axson to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes46%Inland flooding24%Tornadoes10%Cold waves6%Drought6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Axson faces

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

Hurricanes

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Axson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Atkinson County.

Disasters that hit Axson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AxsonDeclared for Atkinson County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

449 households applied for aid $740K aid approved

Atkinson County has had 13 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. Axson 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 Axson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Axson. 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.