Natural hazards · Dasher

Dasher, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dasher comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dasher?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dasher to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding39%Hurricanes30%Tornadoes9%Cold waves8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Dasher faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

30% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 57 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Dasher flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lowndes County.

Disasters that hit Dasher

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DasherDeclared for Lowndes County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $1.7M to the Town of Dasher for repairs

2023

Hurricane Idalia

$345K to the Town of Dasher for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$4K to the Town of Dasher for repairs

Lowndes County has had 13 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. Dasher covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dasher’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dasher. 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 Dasher total about $1.0M 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.