Natural hazards · Fayetteville

Fayetteville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fayetteville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 2002. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fayetteville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fayetteville to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding58%Tornadoes20%Earthquakes6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Fayetteville faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Fayetteville flood?

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

14paid claims since 2002

$216Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

20022026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Dennis: 2 claims, $10K
Hurricane Helene: 1 claim, $78K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 20% off flood insurance. Fayetteville is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 6) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Fayette County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings floodproofed

1flood-prone homes bought out and moved

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Fayetteville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FayettevilleDeclared for Fayette County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$11K to the City of Fayetteville for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

$22K to the City of Fayetteville for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$13K to the City of Fayetteville for repairs

Fayette County has had 10 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. Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fayetteville. 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.