Natural hazards · Norman Park

Norman Park, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Norman Park comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Norman Park?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Norman Park to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes33%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes17%Cold waves9%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Norman Park faces

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

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 31 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Norman Park flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Colquitt County.

Disasters that hit Norman Park

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Norman ParkDeclared for Colquitt County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

414 households applied for aid $323K aid approved

2018

Hurricane Michael

1 household applied for aid

2009

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

17 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$10K to the City of Norman Park for repairs

Colquitt County has had 14 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. Norman Park 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 Norman Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Norman Park. 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.