Natural hazards · Rocky Ford

Rocky Ford, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rocky Ford comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rocky Ford?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rocky Ford to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes47%Inland flooding22%Drought10%Tornadoes7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Rocky Ford faces

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

Hurricanes

47% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 30 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Rocky Ford flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Screven County.

Disasters that hit Rocky Ford

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Rocky FordDeclared for Screven County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

138 households applied for aid $203K aid approved $70K to the Town of Rocky Ford for repairs

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

15 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $133K to the Town of Rocky Ford for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

$39K to the Town of Rocky Ford for repairs

Screven County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter 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. Rocky Ford 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 Rocky Ford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rocky Ford. 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.