Natural hazards · Odum

Odum, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Odum comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Odum?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Odum to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes38%Inland flooding29%Tornadoes11%Cold waves8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Odum faces

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

Hurricanes

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once 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 Odum flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Odum

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OdumDeclared for Wayne County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

408 households applied for aid $397K aid approved $23K to the City of Odum for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

38 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $4K to the City of Odum for repairs

Wayne County has had 13 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. Odum 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 Odum’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Odum. 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.