Natural hazards · Johns Creek

Johns Creek, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Johns Creek comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 25 claims here since 2009. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Johns Creek?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Johns Creek to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Tornadoes9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Johns Creek faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Johns Creek flood?

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

25paid claims since 2009

$532Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

20092026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Idalia: 4 claims, $239K
Late summer storms: 4 claims, $64K
Early winter storms: 1 claim, $14K

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

🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Johns Creek is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Fulton County.

Disasters that hit Johns Creek

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Johns CreekDeclared for Fulton County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

3 households applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Irma

$3K to the City of Johns Creek for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$12K to the City of Johns Creek for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

39 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $13K to the City of Johns Creek for repairs

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

Around Johns Creek

Johns Creek and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Johns Creekmostly inland floodingLow

Roswellmostly inland floodingLow

Duluthmostly inland floodingLow

Alpharettamostly 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. Johns Creek covers 23 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Johns Creek’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Johns Creek. 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 Johns Creek total about $22.9M 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.