Natural hazards · Riceboro

Riceboro, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Riceboro comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Riceboro?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Riceboro to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes74%Inland flooding18%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Riceboro faces

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

Hurricanes

74% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Riceboro flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Liberty County.

Disasters that hit Riceboro

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RiceboroDeclared for Liberty County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

319 households applied for aid $371K aid approved

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

21 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

132 households applied for aid $42K aid approved $26K to the City of Riceboro for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

72 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $60K to the City of Riceboro for repairs

Liberty County has had 12 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. Riceboro 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 Riceboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Riceboro. 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.