Natural hazards · Barwick

Barwick, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barwick comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is low 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 Barwick?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barwick to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes39%Inland flooding19%Cold waves12%Tornadoes12%Lightning9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Barwick faces

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

Hurricanes

39% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lightning

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Barwick flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brooks County.

Disasters that hit Barwick

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarwickDeclared for Brooks County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

91 households applied for aid $466K aid approved

2023

Hurricane Idalia

1 household applied for aid

2018

Hurricane Michael

34 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2017

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

$3K to the City of Barwick for repairs

Brooks 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. Barwick 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 Barwick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Barwick. 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.