Natural hazards · Sycamore

Sycamore, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sycamore comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sycamore?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sycamore to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes21%Cold waves17%Tornadoes16%Inland flooding16%Strong wind12%Drought10%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Sycamore faces

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

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 29 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Sycamore flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Turner County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Sycamore

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SycamoreDeclared for Turner County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2018

Hurricane Michael

103 households applied for aid $33K aid approved $29K to the City of Sycamore for repairs

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$15K to the City of Sycamore for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$3K to the City of Sycamore for repairs

Turner 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. Sycamore 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 Sycamore’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Sycamore. 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.