Natural hazards · Statesboro

Statesboro, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Statesboro comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 39 claims here since 1989. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Statesboro?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Statesboro to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes43%Inland flooding19%Earthquakes15%Tornadoes12%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Statesboro faces

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

Hurricanes

43% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Statesboro flood?

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

39paid claims since 1989

$532Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19892026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Idalia: 1 claim, $4K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bulloch County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9buildings retrofitted against wind

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Statesboro

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StatesboroDeclared for Bulloch County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

8,483 households applied for aid $4.4M aid approved $1.2M to the City of Statesboro for repairs

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

846 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved

2017

Hurricane Irma

$176K to the City of Statesboro for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

359 households applied for aid $176K aid approved $387K to the City of Statesboro for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$89K to the City of Statesboro for repairs

Bulloch County has had 14 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. Statesboro covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Statesboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Statesboro. 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 Statesboro total about $7.4M 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.