Natural hazards · Barnesville

Barnesville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barnesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2022. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barnesville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barnesville to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes20%Hurricanes10%Earthquakes8%Strong wind7%Heat waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Barnesville faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Barnesville flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Barnesville, from FEMA’s records.

4paid claims since 2022

$180Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20222026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lamar County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Barnesville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarnesvilleDeclared for Lamar County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$82K to the City of Barnesville for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

$56K to the City of Barnesville for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$38K to the City of Barnesville for repairs

2011

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

148 households applied for aid $177K aid approved $72K to the City of Barnesville for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$51K to the City of Barnesville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$114K to the City of Barnesville for repairs

Lamar County has had 14 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. Barnesville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barnesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Barnesville. 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 Barnesville total about $651K 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.