Natural hazards · Montrose

Montrose, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Montrose comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Montrose?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Montrose to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding40%Drought25%Hurricanes9%Heat waves8%Tornadoes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Montrose faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

25% of expected damage

Recorded about 44 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 26 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Montrose flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Laurens County.

Disasters that hit Montrose

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MontroseDeclared for Laurens County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

124 households applied for aid $90K aid approved

2018

Hurricane Michael

11 households applied for aid $760 aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Laurens County has had 14 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. Montrose 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 Montrose’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Montrose. 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.