Natural hazards · De Soto

De Soto, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in De Soto comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 De Soto?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in De Soto to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding50%Drought23%Hurricanes11%Tornadoes5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What De Soto faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

23% of expected damage

Recorded about 48 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 De Soto flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sumter County.

Disasters that hit De Soto

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into De SotoDeclared for Sumter County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

34 households applied for aid $797 aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

Sumter 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. De Soto 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 De Soto’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of De Soto. 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.