Natural hazards · Gordon

Gordon, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gordon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gordon?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gordon to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding44%Strong wind15%Heat waves12%Hurricanes10%Tornadoes7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Gordon faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Gordon flood?

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

Disasters that hit Gordon

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GordonDeclared for Wilkinson County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

$49K to the City of Gordon for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$6K to the City of Gordon for repairs

Wilkinson County has had 11 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. Gordon 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 Gordon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Gordon. 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.