Natural hazards · Broxton

Broxton, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Broxton 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 Broxton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Broxton to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes36%Inland flooding28%Tornadoes14%Drought10%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Broxton faces

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

Hurricanes

36% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Broxton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Coffee County.

Disasters that hit Broxton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BroxtonDeclared for Coffee County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

1,255 households applied for aid $2.5M aid approved $364K to the City of Broxton for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

96 households applied for aid $41K aid approved $42K to the City of Broxton for repairs

2009

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

17 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$5K to the City of Broxton for repairs

Coffee County has had 15 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. Broxton 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 Broxton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Broxton. 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.