Natural hazards · Hahira

Hahira, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hahira comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hahira?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hahira to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding45%Hurricanes27%Tornadoes9%Cold waves7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hahira 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

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 56 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Hahira flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lowndes County.

Disasters that hit Hahira

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HahiraDeclared for Lowndes County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

3,376 households applied for aid $2.8M aid approved $731K to the City of Hahira for repairs

2023

Hurricane Idalia

515 households applied for aid $136K aid approved $199K to the City of Hahira for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$27K to the City of Hahira for repairs

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

31 households applied for aid $225K aid approved $3K to the City of Hahira for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$5K to the City of Hahira for repairs

Lowndes 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. Hahira 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 Hahira’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hahira. 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.