Natural hazards · Clarkston

Clarkston, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clarkston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1994. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clarkston?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clarkston to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes9%Cold waves8%Earthquakes8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Clarkston faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Clarkston flood?

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

3paid claims since 1994

$95Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Helene: 1 claim, $35K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: DeKalb County.

Disasters that hit Clarkston

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClarkstonDeclared for DeKalb County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$21K to the City of Clarkston for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

121 households applied for aid $178K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid

2004

Hurricane Ivan

8 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the City of Clarkston for repairs

DeKalb County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Clarkston

Clarkston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clarkstonmostly inland floodingModerate

Scottdalemostly inland floodingVery low

Tuckermostly 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. Clarkston covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clarkston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Clarkston. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Clarkston total about $1.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.