Natural hazards · Screven

Screven, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Screven comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is 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 Screven?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Screven to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes42%Inland flooding25%Tornadoes11%Cold waves9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Screven faces

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

Hurricanes

42% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Screven flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Screven

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScrevenDeclared for Wayne County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

503 households applied for aid $364K aid approved $59K to the City of Screven for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$29K to the City of Screven for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

43 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $25K to the City of Screven for repairs

Wayne County has had 13 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. Screven 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 Screven’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Screven. 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.