Natural hazards · Rockmart

Rockmart, GA natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockmart to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes25%Cold waves9%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Rockmart faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 52 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Rockmart flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Polk County.

Disasters that hit Rockmart

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RockmartDeclared for Polk County only

2011

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

41 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Polk County has had 14 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. Rockmart 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 Rockmart’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rockmart. 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.