Natural hazards · Glenwood

Glenwood, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glenwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glenwood?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glenwood to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding45%Hurricanes20%Tornadoes13%Heat waves7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Glenwood faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Glenwood flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wheeler County.

Disasters that hit Glenwood

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlenwoodDeclared for Wheeler County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

676 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved $1.1M to the City of Glenwood for repairs

2018

Hurricane Michael

1 household applied for aid

Wheeler County has had 13 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. Glenwood 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 Glenwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Glenwood. 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.