Natural hazards · Davisboro

Davisboro, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Davisboro comes from drought, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2020. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Davisboro?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Davisboro to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought39%Inland flooding26%Hurricanes11%Heat waves6%Tornadoes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Davisboro faces

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

Drought

39% of expected damage

Recorded about 55 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Davisboro flood?

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

2paid claims since 2020

$82Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20202026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Helene: 1 claim, $24K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Davisboro

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DavisboroDeclared for Washington County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

359 households applied for aid $550K aid approved $166K to the City of Davisboro for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$21K to the City of Davisboro for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$30K to the City of Davisboro for repairs

Washington County has had 10 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. Davisboro 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 Davisboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Davisboro. 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.