Natural hazards · Resaca

Resaca, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Resaca comes from drought, and overall the risk is high 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 Resaca?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Resaca to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought54%Inland flooding28%Cold waves6%Tornadoes5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Resaca faces

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

Drought

54% of expected damage

Recorded about 32 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 48 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Resaca flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Resaca 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 Resaca

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ResacaDeclared for Gordon County only

2011

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

3 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. Resaca 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 Resaca’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Resaca. 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.