Natural hazards · Gough

Gough, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gough comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gough?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gough to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding38%Hurricanes20%Drought15%Tornadoes8%Earthquakes8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Gough faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 40 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Gough flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burke County.

Disasters that hit Gough

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoughDeclared for Burke County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

2 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

Burke 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. Gough 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 Gough’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Gough. 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.