Natural hazards · Forest Park

Forest Park, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Forest Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Forest Park?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Forest Park to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes24%Cold waves14%Earthquakes7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Forest Park faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% 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 Forest Park flood?

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

11paid claims since 1978

$246Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Dennis: 1 claim, $4K
Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $2K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Forest Park is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Clayton County.

Disasters that hit Forest Park

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Forest ParkDeclared for Clayton County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$31K to the City of Forest Park for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

22 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

Clayton County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Forest Park

Forest Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Morrowmostly inland floodingLow

Forest Parkmostly inland floodingLow

Lake Citymostly inland floodingVery low

Conleymostly inland floodingVery low

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. Forest Park covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Forest Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Forest Park. 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 Forest Park total about $2.8M 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.