Natural hazards · Oak Park

Oak Park, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oak Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Oak Park?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oak Park to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding34%Hurricanes27%Tornadoes13%Drought7%Heat waves6%Earthquakes6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Oak Park faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 28 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Oak Park flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Oak 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: Emanuel County.

Disasters that hit Oak Park

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Oak ParkDeclared for Emanuel County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

5 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Emanuel County has had 15 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. Oak 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 Oak Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Oak 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.