Natural hazards · Snellville

Snellville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Snellville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2013. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Snellville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Snellville to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes12%Cold waves7%Earthquakes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Snellville faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% 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 Snellville flood?

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

3paid claims since 2013

$33Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20132026

Biggest named events

Early winter storms: 1 claim, $5K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Gwinnett County.

Disasters that hit Snellville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SnellvilleDeclared for Gwinnett County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$26K to the City of Snellville for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

231 households applied for aid $197K aid approved

Gwinnett County has had 11 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. Snellville covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Snellville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Snellville. 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 Snellville total about $3.3M 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.