Natural hazards · Emerson

Emerson, GA natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Emerson to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes23%Cold waves8%Earthquakes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Emerson faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

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 Emerson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bartow County.

Disasters that hit Emerson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EmersonDeclared for Bartow County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

Bartow County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Emerson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Emerson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Emerson. 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 Emerson total about $680K 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.