Natural hazards · Brooklet

Brooklet, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brooklet comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2005. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brooklet?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brooklet to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes34%Inland flooding29%Tornadoes12%Heat waves6%Earthquakes6%Drought5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Brooklet faces

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

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 53 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Brooklet flood?

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

2paid claims since 2005

$45Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20052026

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bulloch County.

Disasters that hit Brooklet

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrookletDeclared for Bulloch County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

1,095 households applied for aid $618K aid approved $183K to the City of Brooklet for repairs

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

71 households applied for aid $128K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

145 households applied for aid $113K aid approved $63K to the City of Brooklet for repairs

Bulloch County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter 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. Brooklet 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 Brooklet’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brooklet. 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.