Natural hazards · Moreland

Moreland, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moreland 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 Moreland?

20
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moreland to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes15%Cold waves7%Drought5%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Moreland 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 37% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 31 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage
Recorded about 50 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Moreland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Moreland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Coweta County.
Disasters that hit Moreland

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorelandDeclared for Coweta County only
2011

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

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
Coweta County has had 11 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. Moreland 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 Moreland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Moreland. 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.

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