Natural hazards · Perkins

Perkins, GA natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Perkins to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding37%Hurricanes20%Tornadoes11%Earthquakes9%Drought7%Heat waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Perkins faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

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 Perkins flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jenkins County.

Disasters that hit Perkins

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PerkinsDeclared for Jenkins County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

66 households applied for aid $98K aid approved

Jenkins 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. Perkins 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 Perkins’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Perkins. 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.