Natural hazards · Mitchell

Mitchell, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mitchell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mitchell?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mitchell to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes15%Hurricanes11%Drought9%Earthquakes8%Strong wind6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Mitchell 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 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 54 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Mitchell flood?

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

Disasters that hit Mitchell

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MitchellDeclared for Glascock County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

353 households applied for aid $345K aid approved

Glascock County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter 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. Mitchell 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 Mitchell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mitchell. 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.