Natural hazards · Perry

Perry, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Perry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1994. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Perry?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Perry to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes14%Heat waves12%Hurricanes9%Earthquakes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Perry faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

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

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 Perry flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Perry, from FEMA’s records.

3paid claims since 1994

$63Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

Biggest named events

Late summer storms: 1 claim, $46K
Tropical Storm Alberto: 1 claim, $12K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Houston County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Perry

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PerryDeclared for Houston County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

$96K to the City of Perry for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$109K to the City of Perry for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the City of Perry for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$31K to the City of Perry for repairs

Houston County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Perry

Perry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Warner Robinsmostly inland floodingVery low

Perrymostly inland floodingVery low

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. Perry covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Perry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Perry. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Perry total about $557K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.