Natural hazards · Jackson

Jackson, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jackson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1994. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jackson?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes19%Strong wind18%Earthquakes7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Jackson faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 72 years in the area

Strong wind

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Jackson flood?

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

2paid claims since 1994

$70Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Alberto: 1 claim, $64K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Butts County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Jackson

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JacksonDeclared for Butts County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

126 households applied for aid $167K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

413 households applied for aid $289K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

$44K to the City of Jackson for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$23K to the City of Jackson for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$11K to the City of Jackson for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$20K to the City of Jackson for repairs

Butts County has had 14 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. Jackson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jackson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jackson. 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 Jackson total about $1.2M 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.