Natural hazards · Dixie

Dixie, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dixie comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Dixie?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dixie to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes38%Inland flooding27%Cold waves11%Lightning9%Tornadoes9%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Dixie faces

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

Hurricanes

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lightning

9% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Dixie flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brooks County.

Disasters that hit Dixie

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DixieDeclared for Brooks County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

180 households applied for aid $302K aid approved

2023

Hurricane Idalia

22 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Brooks 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. Dixie 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 Dixie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Dixie. 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.