Natural hazards · Ball Ground

Ball Ground, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ball Ground comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Ball Ground?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ball Ground to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes19%Cold waves9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Ball Ground faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 51 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Ball Ground flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cherokee County.

Disasters that hit Ball Ground

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Ball GroundDeclared for Cherokee County only

2011

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

1 household applied for aid

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

9 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $2K to the City of Ball Ground for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$2K to the City of Ball Ground for repairs

Cherokee County has had 16 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. Ball Ground 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 Ball Ground’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ball Ground. 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.