Natural hazards · Denton

Denton, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Denton comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Denton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Denton to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes35%Inland flooding23%Drought18%Tornadoes10%Cold waves7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Denton faces

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

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Denton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jeff Davis County.

Disasters that hit Denton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DentonDeclared for Jeff Davis County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

240 households applied for aid $419K aid approved

Jeff Davis County has had 14 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. Denton 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 Denton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Denton. 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.