Natural hazards · Epworth

Epworth, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Epworth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Epworth?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Epworth to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves16%Tornadoes11%Earthquakes5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Epworth 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

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 56 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Epworth flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fannin County.

Disasters that hit Epworth

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Fannin County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Epworth itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into EpworthDeclared for Fannin County only

Fannin County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe 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. Epworth 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 Epworth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Epworth. 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.