Natural hazards · Norwood

Norwood, GA natural hazards

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

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Norwood to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes14%Hurricanes8%Earthquakes6%Heat waves5%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Norwood faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Norwood flood?

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

Disasters that hit Norwood

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorwoodDeclared for Warren County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

252 households applied for aid $111K aid approved

Warren County has had 8 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. Norwood 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 Norwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Norwood. 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.