Natural hazards · Rossville

Rossville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rossville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 19 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rossville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rossville to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes25%Cold waves15%Earthquakes7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Rossville faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Rossville flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Rossville, from FEMA’s records.

19paid claims since 1979

$211Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Walker County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

11homes raised above flood level

10flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Rossville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RossvilleDeclared for Walker County only

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$12K to the City of Rossville for repairs

2011

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

393 households applied for aid $171K aid approved $97K to the City of Rossville for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

127 households applied for aid $208K aid approved $46K to the City of Rossville for repairs

Walker County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Rossville

Rossville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rossvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Chattanoogamostly inland floodingHigh

Lakeviewmostly inland floodingModerate

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