Natural hazards · Eastman

Eastman, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eastman comes from inland flooding, 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 Eastman?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding31%Cold waves28%Hurricanes16%Heat waves8%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Eastman faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Eastman flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dodge County.

Disasters that hit Eastman

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EastmanDeclared for Dodge County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

1,067 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved $93K to the City of Eastman for repairs

2018

Hurricane Michael

1 household applied for aid $28K to the City of Eastman for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$44K to the City of Eastman for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$19K to the City of Eastman for repairs

Dodge County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter 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. Eastman 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 Eastman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eastman. 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.