Natural hazards · Roberta

Roberta, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roberta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Roberta?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roberta to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes12%Heat waves7%Drought7%Hurricanes6%Strong wind5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Roberta faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 50 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Roberta flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

Disasters that hit Roberta

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RobertaDeclared for Crawford County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$6K to the City of Roberta for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $777 aid approved

Crawford County has had 16 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. Roberta 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 Roberta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Roberta. 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.