Natural hazards · Shannon

Shannon, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shannon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shannon?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shannon to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes27%Cold waves11%Earthquakes6%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Shannon 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

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 34 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Shannon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Floyd County.

Disasters that hit Shannon

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Floyd County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Shannon itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into ShannonDeclared for Floyd County only

Floyd County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Shannon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Shannon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Shannon. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Shannon total about $1.7M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.