Natural hazards · Lenox

Lenox, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lenox comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lenox?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lenox to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes43%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes12%Cold waves12%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Lenox faces

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

Hurricanes

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 33 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times 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 Lenox flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cook County.

Disasters that hit Lenox

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LenoxDeclared for Cook County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

412 households applied for aid $250K aid approved $24K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

2023

Hurricane Idalia

31 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2018

Hurricane Michael

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

$10K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

2009

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

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$3K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

Cook County has had 12 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. Lenox 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 Lenox’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lenox. 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.