Natural hazards · Kite

Kite, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kite comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Kite?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kite to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding35%Drought22%Hurricanes11%Tornadoes10%Heat waves7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Kite faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

22% of expected damage

Recorded about 41 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Kite flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Johnson County.

Disasters that hit Kite

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KiteDeclared for Johnson County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

484 households applied for aid $758K aid approved $267K to the City of Kite for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

109 households applied for aid $114K aid approved $6K to the City of Kite for repairs

Johnson 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. Kite 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 Kite’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kite. 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.