Natural hazards · Jasper

Jasper, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jasper comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2019. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jasper?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jasper to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes20%Cold waves13%Earthquakes6%Strong wind5%Lightning5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Jasper faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslides

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 Jasper flood?

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

2paid claims since 2019

$48Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20192026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pickens County.

Disasters that hit Jasper

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JasperDeclared for Pickens County only

2021

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$455K to the City of Jasper for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

$86K to the City of Jasper for repairs

2011

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

13 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

25 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $11K to the City of Jasper for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$24K to the City of Jasper for repairs

Pickens County has had 18 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. Jasper covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jasper’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jasper. 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 Jasper total about $1.0M 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.