Natural hazards · Tucker

Tucker, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tucker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2009. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tucker?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tucker to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Earthquakes13%Tornadoes10%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Tucker faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Tucker flood?

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

7paid claims since 2009

$470Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

20092026

Biggest named events

Late summer storms: 2 claims, $329K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Tucker 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Tucker

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TuckerDeclared for DeKalb County only

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

232 households applied for aid $243K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2004

Hurricane Ivan

8 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

DeKalb County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Tucker

Tucker and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clarkstonmostly inland floodingModerate

Mountain Parkmostly inland floodingLow

Tuckermostly 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. Tucker covers 11 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tucker’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tucker. 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 Tucker total about $9.9M 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.