Natural hazards · Pulaski

Pulaski, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pulaski comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2023. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pulaski?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pulaski to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding32%Hurricanes27%Tornadoes11%Drought8%Heat waves7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Pulaski faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Hurricanes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 33 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Pulaski flood?

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

2paid claims since 2023

$70Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20232026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Debby: 1 claim, $52K
Hurricane Idalia: 1 claim, $18K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Candler County.

Disasters that hit Pulaski

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PulaskiDeclared for Candler County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

18 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $18K to the Town of Pulaski for repairs

Candler County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter 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. Pulaski 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 Pulaski’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pulaski. 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.