Natural hazards · Cochran

Cochran, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cochran comes from heat waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cochran?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cochran to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from heat waves and inland flooding.

Heat waves31%Inland flooding28%Hurricanes15%Tornadoes9%Earthquakes9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Cochran faces

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

Heat waves

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

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 Cochran flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bleckley County.

Disasters that hit Cochran

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CochranDeclared for Bleckley County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

35 households applied for aid $83K aid approved $45K to the City of Cochran for repairs

2018

Hurricane Michael

$83K to the City of Cochran for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$51K to the City of Cochran for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$5K to the City of Cochran for repairs

Bleckley County has had 11 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. Cochran covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cochran’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Cochran. 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 Cochran total about $754K 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.