Natural hazards · Enigma

Enigma, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Enigma comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Enigma?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Enigma to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes38%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes13%Cold waves10%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Enigma faces

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

Hurricanes

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Enigma flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Berrien County.

Disasters that hit Enigma

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EnigmaDeclared for Berrien County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

418 households applied for aid $482K aid approved

2023

Hurricane Idalia

6 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2018

Hurricane Michael

4 households applied for aid

2017

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

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2009

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

7 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Berrien County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and tornadoes.

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. Enigma 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 Enigma’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Enigma. 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.