Natural hazards · Royston

Royston, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Royston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Royston?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Royston to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes19%Cold waves10%Earthquakes7%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Royston faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% 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 Royston flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Royston

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RoystonDeclared for Franklin County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

1 household applied for aid

2017

Hurricane Irma

$38K to the City of Royston for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm

$20K to the City of Royston for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$3K to the City of Royston for repairs

Franklin County has had 12 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. Royston 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 Royston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Royston. 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.

Royston, GA natural hazards

How exposed is Royston?

What Royston faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Earthquakes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Royston flood?

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Irma

Severe Winter Storm

Hurricane Ivan

Severe Winter Storm

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