Natural hazards · Coleman

Coleman, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Coleman comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is low 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 Coleman?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Coleman to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes25%Inland flooding21%Hurricanes20%Drought12%Cold waves8%Strong wind8%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Coleman faces

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

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 44 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Coleman flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Randolph County.

Disasters that hit Coleman

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ColemanDeclared for Randolph County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

47 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

Randolph County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and tornadoes.

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. Coleman 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 Coleman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Coleman. 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.