Natural hazards · Richland

Richland, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Richland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low 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 Richland?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Richland to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding33%Tornadoes32%Lightning9%Drought8%Hurricanes7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Richland faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Tornadoes

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lightning

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 57 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Richland flood?

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

Disasters that hit Richland

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RichlandDeclared for Stewart County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

$51K to the City of Richland for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$29K to the City of Richland for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

$37K to the City of Richland for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$362K to the City of Richland for repairs

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