Natural hazards · Dawsonville

Dawsonville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dawsonville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dawsonville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes19%Cold waves13%Strong wind7%Lightning7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Dawsonville faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 67 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

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 Dawsonville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dawson County.

Disasters that hit Dawsonville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DawsonvilleDeclared for Dawson County only

2004

Hurricane Ivan

21 households applied for aid $22K aid approved $33K to the City of Dawsonville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$2K to the City of Dawsonville for repairs

Dawson County has had 15 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. Dawsonville 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 Dawsonville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Dawsonville. 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.