Natural hazards · Ellaville

Ellaville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ellaville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low 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 Ellaville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ellaville to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes14%Hurricanes10%Drought9%Heat waves7%Strong wind5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Ellaville faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 51 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Ellaville flood?

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

Disasters that hit Ellaville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EllavilleDeclared for Schley County only

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$9K to the City of Ellaville for repairs

Schley County has had 8 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. Ellaville 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 Ellaville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ellaville. 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.