Natural hazards · Canoochee

Canoochee, GA natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding39%Hurricanes21%Drought14%Tornadoes10%Heat waves5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Canoochee faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 33 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Canoochee flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Emanuel County.

Disasters that hit Canoochee

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CanoocheeDeclared for Emanuel County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

1 household applied for aid

Emanuel County has had 15 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. Canoochee 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 Canoochee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Canoochee. 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.