Natural hazards · Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sugar Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2013. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sugar Hill?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes11%Cold waves5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Sugar Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Sugar Hill flood?

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

1paid claims since 2013

$26Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20132026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Sugar Hill 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 Sugar Hill

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Sugar HillDeclared for Gwinnett County only

2017

Hurricane Irma

$44K to the City of Sugar Hill for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$23K to the City of Sugar Hill for repairs

Gwinnett County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sugar Hillmostly inland floodingLow

Suwaneemostly inland floodingLow

Bufordmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Sugar Hill covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sugar Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sugar Hill. 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 Sugar Hill total about $4.0M 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.