Natural hazards · Evans

Evans, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Evans comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2019. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Evans?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Evans to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Tornadoes13%Earthquakes6%Hurricanes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Evans faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Evans flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Evans, from FEMA’s records.

7paid claims since 2019

$468Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20192026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Helene: 2 claims, $242K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Columbia County.

Disasters that hit Evans

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EvansDeclared for Columbia County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

11,332 households applied for aid $7.7M aid approved

Columbia County has had 9 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. Evans covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Evans’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Evans. 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 Evans total about $11.3M 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.