Natural hazards · Stonecrest

Stonecrest, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stonecrest comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2015.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stonecrest?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stonecrest to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes9%Cold waves7%Earthquakes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Stonecrest faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% 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

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% 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 Stonecrest flood?

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

1paid claims since 2015

$24Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

Early winter storms: 1 claim, $24K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: DeKalb County.

Disasters that hit Stonecrest

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into StonecrestDeclared for DeKalb County only

DeKalb County has had 14 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. Stonecrest covers 18 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Stonecrest’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Stonecrest. 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 Stonecrest total about $12.5M 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.