Natural hazards · Sasser

Sasser, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sasser comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sasser?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sasser to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding26%Drought21%Tornadoes15%Hurricanes15%Cold waves11%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Sasser faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 43 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Sasser flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Terrell County.

Disasters that hit Sasser

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SasserDeclared for Terrell County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

30 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $39K to the Town of Sasser for repairs

Terrell County has had 6 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. Sasser 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 Sasser’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sasser. 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.