Natural hazards · Mableton

Mableton, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mableton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1992. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mableton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mableton to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes18%Cold waves11%Earthquakes5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Mableton faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

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 Mableton flood?

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

9paid claims since 1992

$137Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19922026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Dennis: 3 claims, $41K
Early winter storms: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cobb County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Mableton

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MabletonDeclared for Cobb County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

198 households applied for aid $126K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

9 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Cobb County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Mableton

Mableton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Austellmostly inland floodingModerate

Powder Springsmostly inland floodingModerate

Mabletonmostly inland floodingLow

Smyrnamostly inland floodingLow

Lithia Springsmostly inland floodingLow

Douglasvillemostly inland floodingLow

South Fultonmostly inland floodingLow

Atlantamostly inland floodingLow

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. Mableton covers 20 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mableton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mableton. 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 Mableton total about $20.0M 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.