Natural hazards · Chauncey

Chauncey, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chauncey comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Chauncey?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chauncey to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves46%Inland flooding23%Hurricanes11%Drought6%Heat waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Chauncey faces

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

Cold waves

46% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 28 times a year 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

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Chauncey flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dodge County.

Disasters that hit Chauncey

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChaunceyDeclared for Dodge County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

121 households applied for aid $165K aid approved $39K to the City of Chauncey for repairs

Dodge County has had 12 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. Chauncey 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 Chauncey’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Chauncey. 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.