Natural hazards · Dacula

Dacula, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dacula comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dacula?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dacula to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Tornadoes12%Cold waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Dacula faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Dacula flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irma: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Gwinnett County.

Disasters that hit Dacula

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DaculaDeclared for Gwinnett County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$3K to the City of Dacula for repairs

Gwinnett County has had 11 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. Dacula covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dacula’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dacula. 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 Dacula total about $3.2M 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.