Natural hazards · Plainville

Plainville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plainville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2020. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Plainville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plainville to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding38%Drought25%Tornadoes12%Cold waves9%Earthquakes6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Plainville faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

25% of expected damage

Recorded about 31 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 38 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Plainville flood?

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

1paid claims since 2020

$32Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20202026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Gordon County.

Disasters that hit Plainville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlainvilleDeclared for Gordon County only

2011

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

4 households applied for aid

Gordon County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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