Natural hazards · Braselton

Braselton, GA natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding76%Tornadoes10%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Braselton faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Braselton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Gwinnett County.

Disasters that hit Braselton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BraseltonDeclared for Gwinnett County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Gwinnett County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Braselton

Braselton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Braseltonmostly inland floodingLow

Mulberrymostly inland floodingLow

Hoschtonmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Braselton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Braselton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Braselton. 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 Braselton total about $3.2M 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.