Natural hazards · Tignall

Tignall, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tignall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tignall?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tignall to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding39%Hurricanes13%Drought10%Cold waves9%Tornadoes8%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Tignall faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 61 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Tignall flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wilkes County.

Disasters that hit Tignall

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TignallDeclared for Wilkes County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

295 households applied for aid $192K aid approved $15K to the Town of Tignall for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$3K to the Town of Tignall for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid $750 to the Town of Tignall for repairs

Wilkes County has had 12 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. Tignall 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 Tignall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Tignall. 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.