Natural hazards · Centerville

Centerville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Centerville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2009. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Centerville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Centerville to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding48%Heat waves15%Tornadoes12%Earthquakes6%Hurricanes5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Centerville faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Centerville flood?

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

1paid claims since 2009

$95Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

Biggest named events

Late summer storms: 1 claim, $95K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Houston County.

Disasters that hit Centerville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CentervilleDeclared for Houston County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$25K to the City of Centerville for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$15K to the City of Centerville for repairs

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

Around Centerville

Centerville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Centervillemostly inland floodingLow

Warner Robinsmostly 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. Centerville 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 Centerville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Centerville. 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.