Natural hazards · Macon-Bibb County

Macon-Bibb County, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Macon-Bibb County comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 103 claims here since 1983.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Macon-Bibb County?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes16%Heat waves13%Hurricanes6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Macon-Bibb County faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Macon-Bibb County flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Macon-Bibb County, from FEMA’s records.

103paid claims since 1983

$3.3Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Alberto: 26 claims, $1.1M
Late summer storms: 8 claims, $92K
Early winter storms: 2 claims, $55K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bibb County.

Disasters that hit Macon-Bibb County

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Bibb County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Macon-Bibb County itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Macon-Bibb CountyDeclared for Bibb County only

Bibb County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Macon-Bibb County

Macon-Bibb County and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Warner Robinsmostly inland floodingVery low

Macon-Bibb Countymostly inland floodingVery low

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. Macon-Bibb County covers 48 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Macon-Bibb County’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Macon-Bibb County. 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 Macon-Bibb County total about $33.3M 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.