Natural hazards · Byron

Byron, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Byron comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2016. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Byron?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Byron to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding42%Heat waves12%Hurricanes9%Tornadoes8%Earthquakes7%Strong wind6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Byron faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Byron flood?

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

1paid claims since 2016

$60Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Peach County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Byron

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ByronDeclared for Peach County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$750 to the City of Byron for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$12K to the City of Byron for repairs

Peach County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Byron

Byron and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Warner Robinsmostly inland floodingVery low

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