Natural hazards · Nahunta

Nahunta, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nahunta comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nahunta?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nahunta to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes46%Inland flooding29%Tornadoes7%Cold waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Nahunta faces

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

Hurricanes

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Nahunta flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brantley County.

Disasters that hit Nahunta

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NahuntaDeclared for Brantley County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

547 households applied for aid $469K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

$51K to the City of Nahunta for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

$33K to the City of Nahunta for repairs

2009

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

10 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $7K to the City of Nahunta for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$877 to the City of Nahunta for repairs

Brantley County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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. Nahunta 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 Nahunta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Nahunta. 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.