Natural hazards · Blackshear

Blackshear, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blackshear comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2009. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blackshear?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blackshear to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes42%Inland flooding28%Tornadoes11%Cold waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Blackshear faces

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

Hurricanes

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 75 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Blackshear flood?

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

2paid claims since 2009

$51Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pierce County.

Disasters that hit Blackshear

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlackshearDeclared for Pierce County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

3,962 households applied for aid $3.7M aid approved $1.3M to the City of Blackshear for repairs

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

$545K to the City of Blackshear for repairs

2023

Hurricane Idalia

$123K to the City of Blackshear for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$159K to the City of Blackshear for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

$103K to the City of Blackshear for repairs

2009

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

41 households applied for aid $247K aid approved $4K to the City of Blackshear for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$24K to the City of Blackshear for repairs

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