Natural hazards · Lawrenceville

Lawrenceville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lawrenceville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1995. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lawrenceville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lawrenceville to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Tornadoes14%Earthquakes10%Cold waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Lawrenceville faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Lawrenceville flood?

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

12paid claims since 1995

$222Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19952026

Biggest named events

Late summer storms: 4 claims, $173K
Early winter storms: 1 claim, $3K
Hurricane Helene: 1 claim, $3K

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. Lawrenceville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Gwinnett County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Lawrenceville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LawrencevilleDeclared for Gwinnett County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$232K to the City of Lawrenceville for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

1,374 households applied for aid $4.5M aid approved $12K to the City of Lawrenceville for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$10K to the City of Lawrenceville for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$167K to the City of Lawrenceville for repairs

Gwinnett County has had 11 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. Lawrenceville covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lawrenceville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lawrenceville. 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 Lawrenceville total about $8.3M 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.