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East Point, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Point comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 83 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is East Point?

12
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Point to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Earthquakes15%Tornadoes11%Cold waves5%Everything else11%
By hazard

What East Point faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 East Point flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in East Point, from FEMA’s records.

83paid claims since 1979
$821Kpaid to owners
14homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Late summer storms: 11 claims, $121K
  • Early winter storms: 6 claims, $106K
  • Hurricane Dennis: 6 claims, $27K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 20% off flood insurance. East Point is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 6) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Fulton County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit East Point

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East PointDeclared for Fulton County only
2024

Hurricane Helene

105 households applied for aid $132K aid approved
2017

Hurricane Irma

$133K to the City of East Point for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$104K to the City of East Point for repairs
2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

176 households applied for aid $189K aid approved $57K to the City of East Point for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Ivan

26 households applied for aid $57K aid approved $97K to the City of East Point for repairs
2000

Severe Winter Storm

$215K to the City of East Point for repairs
Fulton County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around East Point

East Point and the towns around it

South Fulton: Low, mostly inland floodingCollege Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingAtlanta: Low, mostly inland floodingHapeville: Very low, mostly inland floodingUnion City: Very low, mostly inland floodingFairburn: Very low, mostly inland floodingChattahoochee Hills: Very low, mostly inland floodingPalmetto: Very low, mostly inland floodingDouglasville: Low, mostly inland floodingMableton: Low, mostly inland floodingDruid Hills: Low, mostly inland floodingSandy Springs: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Druid Hills: Low, mostly inland floodingCandler-McAfee: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBelvedere Park: Low, mostly inland floodingDecatur: Low, mostly inland floodingVinings: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrookhaven: Low, mostly inland floodingGresham Park: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Point: Very low, mostly inland flooding East PointSouth FultonCollege ParkAtlantaHapeville
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
South Fultonmostly inland floodingLow
Atlantamostly inland floodingLow
East Pointmostly inland floodingVery low
College Parkmostly inland floodingVery low
Hapevillemostly inland floodingVery low
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. East Point covers 10 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to East Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of East Point. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across East Point total about $5.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

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