Natural hazards · Pitts

Pitts, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pitts comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pitts?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pitts to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and hurricanes.

Drought26%Hurricanes25%Inland flooding18%Tornadoes14%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Pitts faces

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

Drought

26% of expected damage

Recorded about 32 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Strong wind

6% 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 weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Pitts flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wilcox County.

Disasters that hit Pitts

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PittsDeclared for Wilcox County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

1 household applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Irma

$4K to the City of Pitts for repairs

2017

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

2 households applied for aid

Wilcox 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. Pitts 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 Pitts’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pitts. 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.