Natural hazards · Newnan

Newnan, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newnan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1982. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newnan?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newnan to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes19%Cold waves10%Strong wind5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Newnan faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newnan flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Newnan, from FEMA’s records.

11paid claims since 1982

$149Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Dennis: 1 claim, $8K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Newnan 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 Newnan

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewnanDeclared for Coweta County only

2021

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$7.5M to the City of Newnan for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$163K to the City of Newnan for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$202K to the City of Newnan for repairs

2011

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

8 households applied for aid $400 aid approved

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

29 households applied for aid $129K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$597K to the City of Newnan for repairs

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. Newnan covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newnan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Newnan. 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 Newnan total about $5.8M 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.