Natural hazards · Hiltonia

Hiltonia, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hiltonia comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high 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 Hiltonia?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hiltonia to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and drought.

Hurricanes42%Drought18%Inland flooding17%Tornadoes7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Hiltonia faces

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

Hurricanes

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 31 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Hiltonia flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Screven County.

Disasters that hit Hiltonia

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HiltoniaDeclared for Screven County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

16 households applied for aid $48K aid approved

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$20K to the Town of Hiltonia for repairs

Screven County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter 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. Hiltonia 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 Hiltonia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hiltonia. 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.