Natural hazards · Colquitt

Colquitt, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Colquitt comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2009. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Colquitt?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Colquitt to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes50%Inland flooding22%Tornadoes14%Cold waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Colquitt faces

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

Hurricanes

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Colquitt flood?

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

2paid claims since 2009

$9Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Miller County.

Disasters that hit Colquitt

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ColquittDeclared for Miller County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

1,453 households applied for aid $869K aid approved $297K to the City of Colquitt for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$25K to the City of Colquitt for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

55 households applied for aid $104K aid approved $18K to the City of Colquitt for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

18 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $15K to the City of Colquitt for repairs

Miller County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Colquitt 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 Colquitt’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Colquitt. 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.