Natural hazards · Lake Park

Lake Park, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lake Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2012. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lake Park?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lake Park to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding36%Hurricanes35%Tornadoes8%Cold waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Lake Park faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 68 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Lake Park flood?

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

1paid claims since 2012

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20122026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lowndes County.

Disasters that hit Lake Park

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lake ParkDeclared for Lowndes County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

2,632 households applied for aid $3.6M aid approved $817K to the City of Lake Park for repairs

2023

Hurricane Idalia

562 households applied for aid $178K aid approved $106K to the City of Lake Park for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$21K to the City of Lake Park for repairs

2009

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

16 households applied for aid $186K aid approved

Lowndes 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. Lake Park covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lake Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lake Park. 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 Lake Park total about $1.1M 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.