Natural hazards · Statham

Statham, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Statham comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Statham?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Statham to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes17%Strong wind7%Lightning7%Earthquakes6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Statham faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 100 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslides

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 Statham flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barrow County.

Disasters that hit Statham

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StathamDeclared for Barrow County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$17K to the City of Statham for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$26K to the City of Statham for repairs

Barrow County has had 11 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. Statham 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 Statham’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Statham. 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.