Natural hazards · Hapeville

Hapeville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hapeville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2009. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hapeville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hapeville to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding56%Earthquakes19%Tornadoes10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Hapeville faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Hapeville flood?

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

7paid claims since 2009

$93Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

Biggest named events

Late summer storms: 4 claims, $36K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fulton County.

Disasters that hit Hapeville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HapevilleDeclared for Fulton County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

10 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

$81K to the City of Hapeville for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $6K to the City of Hapeville for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

5 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $38K to the City of Hapeville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the City of Hapeville for repairs

Fulton County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Hapeville

Hapeville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Atlantamostly inland floodingLow

East Pointmostly inland floodingVery low

Hapevillemostly 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. Hapeville covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hapeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hapeville. 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 Hapeville total about $1.1M 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.