Natural hazards · Keysville

Keysville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Keysville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Keysville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Keysville to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding38%Tornadoes17%Hurricanes15%Heat waves8%Earthquakes6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Keysville faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Keysville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burke County.

Disasters that hit Keysville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KeysvilleDeclared for Burke County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

654 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

60 households applied for aid $244K aid approved

Burke County has had 13 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. Keysville 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 Keysville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Keysville. 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.