Natural hazards · Doerun

Doerun, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Doerun comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Doerun?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Doerun to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes35%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes15%Cold waves8%Drought5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Doerun 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 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 33 times 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 Doerun flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Colquitt County.

Disasters that hit Doerun

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DoerunDeclared for Colquitt County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

64 households applied for aid $50K aid approved

2018

Hurricane Michael

71 households applied for aid $38K aid approved $109K to the City of Doerun for repairs

2009

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

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$7K to the City of Doerun for repairs

Colquitt 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. Doerun 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 Doerun’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Doerun. 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.