Natural hazards · Pine Mountain

Pine Mountain, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pine Mountain 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 Pine Mountain?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pine Mountain to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Drought10%Tornadoes9%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Pine Mountain faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 57 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Pine Mountain flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Harris County.

Disasters that hit Pine Mountain

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Pine MountainDeclared for Harris County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Associated Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Harris County has had 11 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. Pine Mountain 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 Pine Mountain’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pine Mountain. 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.